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Norm Values of Head Circumference in Turkish Children

Year 2022, Volume: 32 Issue: 6, 690 - 698, 31.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1152355

Abstract

Objective: Measuring head circumference is a quick, simple, cheap, noninvasive and reliable procedure for determining underlying brain size and provides information about risk for medical problems. Growth percentages of head vary from one community to another.
Methods: We aim to create head circumference growth curves for children aged 0-18 years in Turkish community. Measurements were performed by same person using a rigid and calibrated tape meter. In addition, the parents were asked to fill out a questionnaire with variables that could affect children's growth.
Results: Data analysis has shown that there is no relationship between the children's head circumference and whether there exists someone with a large/small head circumference in their families, or the average monthly income of their families and the parent’s education level. Only the independent variables child’s school performance, birth weight, nutrition, smoking are significantly effective on the HC measures of boys at alpha=0.05 level. For girls, only the independent variables birth weight and nutrition form are significantly important in explaining the variability of HC at the level of alpha=0.05. One gram increase in birth weight causes a 0.001 cm increase in the HC of both genders. In addition, head circumference growth curves were created for both genders to include all children aged 0-18.
Conclusions: Our study offers recent and gender-specific head circumference norms. These new values can be used more effectively in child follow-up.

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  • 2- Yalcin SS. Bes yas alti cocuklarda buyumenin degerlendirilmesi, Türkiye Klinikleri Cocuk Beslenme Kilavuzu 2012;1:1-52.
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  • 25- Karabiber H, Durmaz Y, Yakinci C, Kutlu NO, Gumusalan Y, Yologlu S, et al. Head circumference measurement of urban children aged between 6 and 12 in Malatya, Turkey. Brain Dev 2001;23:801-804.
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  • 27- Neyzi O, Bundak R, Gokcay G, Gunoz H, Furman A, Darendeliler F, et al. Reference values for weight, height, head circumference, and body mass index in Turkish children. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2015;7:280-293.
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Türk Çocuklarında Baş Çevresinin Normal Değerleri

Year 2022, Volume: 32 Issue: 6, 690 - 698, 31.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1152355

Abstract

Genel Bilgiler: Baş çevresi ölçümü, beyin hacmi ve ilişkili olabilecek sorunları belirlemede hızlı, basit, ucuz, non- invaziv ve güvenilir bir yöntemdir ve olası medikal problem risklerinin tanınma ve takip sürecinde bilgi sağlar. Baş çevresi büyümesi toplumlar arasında ve cinsiyete göre değişkenlik gösterebilir.
Yöntemler: Türkiye’de yaşayan 0-18 yaş arası çocuklar için baş çevresi büyüme eğrileri oluşturmak hedeflendi. Ölçümler aynı kişi tarafından kalibre edilmiş, esnemeyen bir mezura kullanılarak yapılmıştı. Ayrıca ebeveynlerden çocukların büyümesini etkileyebilecek değişkenleri içeren bir anket doldurmaları istendi.
Bulgular: Veri analizi, çocukların baş çevresi ile ailelerinde baş çevresi büyük/küçük olan birinin olup olmadığı, ailelerinin ortalama aylık geliri, ebeveynin eğitim düzeyi arasında bir ilişki olmadığını göstermiştir. Erkek çocuklar için çocuğun okul başarısı, doğum ağırlığı, beslenmesi, annenin sigara içmesi bağımsız değişkenler olarak belirlenmiştir ve alfa değeri 0,05 idi. Kızlar için doğum ağırlığı ve beslenme şekli bağımsız değişkenlerdi ve alfa değeri 0,05 idi. Doğum ağırlığındaki bir gram artışın, her iki cinsiyette baş çevresinde 0,001 cm'lik bir artışa neden olduğu gösterildi.
Ayrıca her iki cinsiyet için 0-18 yaş arası tüm çocukları kapsayacak şekilde baş çevresi büyüme eğrileri oluşturuldu.
Sonuçlar: Güncel ve cinsiyete özgü veriler ile oluşturulmuş baş çevresi büyüme eğrilerinin kullanılmasını gerektiğini önermekteyiz. Bu yeni değerler çocuk takibinde daha etkin olarak kullanılabilecektir.

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References

  • 1- Gokcay G, Furman A, Neyzi O. Updated growth curves for Turkish children aged 15 days to 60 months. Child Care Health Dev 2008;34:454-463.
  • 2- Yalcin SS. Bes yas alti cocuklarda buyumenin degerlendirilmesi, Türkiye Klinikleri Cocuk Beslenme Kilavuzu 2012;1:1-52.
  • 3- Ramsden L, Day AS. Paediatric growth charts: How do we use them and can we use them better? J Paediatr Child Health 2012;48:22-25.
  • 4- Natale V, Rajagopalan A. Worldwide variation in human growth and the World Health Organization growth standards: a systematic review. BMJ Open 2014; 4:e003735.
  • 5- Harris SR. Measuring head circumference: Update on infant microcephaly. Can Fam Physician. 2015;61:680-684.
  • 6 Sullivan JC, Tavassoli T, Armstrong K, Baron-Cohen S, Humphrey A. Reliability of self, parental, and researcher measurements of head circumference. Mol Autism. 2014:5:2.
  • 7- Holden KR. Heads you win, tails you lose: measuring head circumference. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2014;56:705.
  • 8- Barbier A, Boivin A, Yoon W, et all. New reference curves for head circumference at birth, by gestational age. Pediatrics. 2013;131:e1158-1167.
  • 9- Cole TJ, Green PJ. Smoothing reference centile curves: The LMS method and penalized likelihood. Stat Med 1992;11:1305-1319.
  • 10- Galender L. Children’s growth: A health indicator and a diagnostic tool. Acta Paediatr 2006;95:517-518.
  • 11- Bayat PD, Khazaei M, Ghorbani R, Ayubian M, Sohouli P, Ghanbari A. Growth pattern in 7-12 years old Arak children (central Iran) in comparison with other ethnic subgroups of Iran. Ital J Anat Embryol 2012;117:1-7.
  • 12- Daymont C, Hwang WT, Feudtner C, Rubin D. Head-circumference distribution in a large primary care network differs from CDC and WHO curves. Pediatrics 2010;126:836-842.
  • 13- Veena SR, Krishnaveni GV, Wills AK, Kurpad AV, Muthayya S, Hill JC, et al. Association of birth weight and head circumference at birth to cognitive performance in 9- to 10-year-old children in South India: Prospective birth cohort study. Pediatr Res 2010;67:424-429.
  • 14- von der Hagen M, Pivarcsi M, Liebe J, et al. Diagnostic approach to microcephaly in childhood: a two-center study and review of the literature. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2014;56:732-741.
  • 15- Elmali F, Altunay C, Mazicioglu MM, Kondolot M, Ozturk A, Kurtoglu S. Head circumference growth reference charts for Turkish children aged 0-84 months. Pediatr Neurol 2012;46:307-311.
  • 16- Voss W, Jungmann T, Wachtendorf M, Neubauer AP. Long-term cognitive outcomes of extremely low-birth-weight infants: the influence of the maternal educational background. Acta Paediatr 2012;101:569-573.
  • 17- Desch LW, Anderson SK, Snow JH. Relationship of head circumference to measures of school performance. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1990;29:389-392.
  • 18- Bonfig W, Kapellen T, Dost A, Fritsch M, Rohrer T, Wolf J, et al. Growth in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. J Pediatr 2012;160:900-903.
  • 19- Carmona F, Hatanaka LS, Barbieri MA, Bettiol H, Toffano RB, Monteiro JP. Catch-up growth in children after repair of tetralogy of fallot. J Pediatr 2012;160:900-903.
  • 20- Motoyama O, Hasegawa A, Aikawa A, Shishido S, Honda M, Tsuzuki K, et al. Final height in a prospective trial of late steroid withdrawal after pediatric renal transplantation treated with cyclosporine and mizoribine. Pediatr Transplant 2012;16:78-82.
  • 21- de Brito ML, Nunes M, Bernardi JR, Bosa VL, Goldani MZ, da Silva CH. Somatic growth in the first six months of life of infants exposed to maternal smoking in pregnancy. BMC Pediatr. 2017;17:67.
  • 22- Inoue S, Naruse H, Yorifuji T, et al. Impact of maternal and paternal smoking on birth outcomes. J Public Health (Oxf). 2017;39:1-10
  • 23- Shisler S, Eiden RD, Molnar DS, Schuetze P, Huestis M, Homish G. Smoking in Pregnancy and Fetal Growth: The Case for More Intensive Assessment. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017;19:525-531.
  • 24- Akinci Z, Ertem I, Ulukol B, Gulnar S, Kose K. Bir yas ve altindaki bebekler icin Ankara buyume egrileri. Ankara Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Mecmuasi. 2001;54:7-16.
  • 25- Karabiber H, Durmaz Y, Yakinci C, Kutlu NO, Gumusalan Y, Yologlu S, et al. Head circumference measurement of urban children aged between 6 and 12 in Malatya, Turkey. Brain Dev 2001;23:801-804.
  • 26- Kara B, Etiler N, Aydogan Uncuoglu A, Maras Genc H, Ulak Gumuslu E, Gokcay G, et al. Head circumference charts for Turkish children aged five to eighteen years. Noro Psikiyatr Ars. 2016;53:55-62
  • 27- Neyzi O, Bundak R, Gokcay G, Gunoz H, Furman A, Darendeliler F, et al. Reference values for weight, height, head circumference, and body mass index in Turkish children. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2015;7:280-293.
  • 28- WHO multicentre growth reference study group. Assessment of differences in linear growth among populations in the WHO multicentre growth reference study. Acta Paediatr Suppl 2006;450:56-65.
  • 29- El-Mouzan MI, Al-Herbish AS, Al-Salloum AA, Qurachi MM, Al-Omar AA. Growth charts for Saudi children and adolescents. Saudi Med J. 2007;28:1555-1568.
  • 30- Werner B, Bodin L. Head circumference from birth to age 48 months for infants in Sweden. Acta Paediatr 2006;95:1601-1607.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Clinical Sciences
Journal Section Original Article
Authors

Saime Sündüs Uygun 0000-0002-6694-8115

M. Akif Bakır 0000-0003-0774-0338

Haluk Yavuz 0000-0002-5872-4920

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Early Pub Date December 31, 2022
Publication Date December 31, 2022
Submission Date August 2, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 32 Issue: 6

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Vancouver Uygun SS, Bakır MA, Yavuz H. Norm Values of Head Circumference in Turkish Children. Genel Tıp Derg. 2022;32(6):690-8.

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