Publication: Curvas percentilares de peso al nacimiento por edad gestacional para la población de la provincia de Catamarca (Argentina)
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2015
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Introducción: La evaluación del desarrollo fetal y del peso al nacimiento es un objetivo prioritario en el ámbito de la epidemiología nutricional y de la salud pública. En la actualidad, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) no dispone de curvas específicas de peso al nacimiento para las distintas semanas gestacionales al considerar que las características socioeconómicas, ecológicas y étnicas de los distintos grupos humanos influyen en sus propios patrones de crecimiento. Objetivo: La presente investigación desarrolla las curvas percentilares de peso por edad gestacional para las poblaciones residentes en la provincia de Catamarca. Métodos: El procesamiento de los datos se llevó a cabo con el programa SPSS y para la posterior realización de las curvas percentilares se utilizó el programa LMS Chart Maker pro, a partir de un total de 22.576 nacimientos ocurridos entre 1994 y 2003. Discusión y conclusiones: Dichas curvas posibilitarán en el futuro una mejor valoración del desarrollo intrauterino y del peso de los recién nacidos en esta región del Noroeste de Argentina.
Introduction: The assessment of fetal development andbirth weight is a priority in the field of nutritional epidemiologyand public health. Nowadays, the World Health Organization (WHO) does not have specific birth weight curves for the distinct gestational weeks considering that socio-economic, ecological and ethnic characteristics of the different human groups are found influencing their own growth patterns. Objective: This research develops centile curves for weight by gestational age concerning to resident populations in the province of Catamarca. Methods: In order to process data, SPSS statistical program was used, as well as LMS Chart Maker pro program for the subsequent performing of centile curves. The sample ascended to a total of 22,576 childbirths between 1994 and 2003. Discussion and Conclusion: In the future, these curves make possible a better assessment of intrauterine development and birth weight in this region of Northwest of Argentina.
Introduction: The assessment of fetal development andbirth weight is a priority in the field of nutritional epidemiologyand public health. Nowadays, the World Health Organization (WHO) does not have specific birth weight curves for the distinct gestational weeks considering that socio-economic, ecological and ethnic characteristics of the different human groups are found influencing their own growth patterns. Objective: This research develops centile curves for weight by gestational age concerning to resident populations in the province of Catamarca. Methods: In order to process data, SPSS statistical program was used, as well as LMS Chart Maker pro program for the subsequent performing of centile curves. The sample ascended to a total of 22,576 childbirths between 1994 and 2003. Discussion and Conclusion: In the future, these curves make possible a better assessment of intrauterine development and birth weight in this region of Northwest of Argentina.