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References of Birth Weights for Gestational Age and Sex from a Large Cohort of Singleton Births in Cameroon

Objective. To establish the percentile charts of birth weights for gestational age and sex within the Cameroonian population. Methods. A review of medical records of infants born between January 2007 and December 2011 at the maternities of two hospitals in Cameroon, Central Africa. Multiple pregnanc...

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Autores principales: Kemfang Ngowa, Jean Dupont, Domkam, Irénée, Ngassam, Anny, Nguefack-Tsague, Georges, Dobgima Pisoh, Walter, Noa, Cyrille, Kasia, Jean Marie
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/361451
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author Kemfang Ngowa, Jean Dupont
Domkam, Irénée
Ngassam, Anny
Nguefack-Tsague, Georges
Dobgima Pisoh, Walter
Noa, Cyrille
Kasia, Jean Marie
author_facet Kemfang Ngowa, Jean Dupont
Domkam, Irénée
Ngassam, Anny
Nguefack-Tsague, Georges
Dobgima Pisoh, Walter
Noa, Cyrille
Kasia, Jean Marie
author_sort Kemfang Ngowa, Jean Dupont
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description Objective. To establish the percentile charts of birth weights for gestational age and sex within the Cameroonian population. Methods. A review of medical records of infants born between January 2007 and December 2011 at the maternities of two hospitals in Cameroon, Central Africa. Multiple pregnancies, births of HIV infected women, stillbirths, and births with major fetal malformations were excluded. The smooth curves of birth weight for gestational age and sex were created using the Gamlss package under R.3.0.1 software. Results. The birth weights of 12837 live birth singleton infants born to HIV negative women between 28 and 42 weeks of gestation were analyzed to construct the birth weight curves for gestational age and sex. The smoothed percentile curves of birth weights for gestational age and sex of Cameroonian infants have demonstrated an increasing slope until 40 weeks and then a plateau. There was a varied difference of distribution in birth weights for gestational age between Cameroonian, Botswanan, American, and French infants. Conclusion. We established the reference curves of birth weights for gestational age and sex for Cameroonians. The difference in birth weight curves noted between Cameroonian, Botswanan, American, and French infants suggests the importance of establishing the regional birth weight norms.
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spelling pubmed-40366012014-08-26 References of Birth Weights for Gestational Age and Sex from a Large Cohort of Singleton Births in Cameroon Kemfang Ngowa, Jean Dupont Domkam, Irénée Ngassam, Anny Nguefack-Tsague, Georges Dobgima Pisoh, Walter Noa, Cyrille Kasia, Jean Marie Obstet Gynecol Int Research Article Objective. To establish the percentile charts of birth weights for gestational age and sex within the Cameroonian population. Methods. A review of medical records of infants born between January 2007 and December 2011 at the maternities of two hospitals in Cameroon, Central Africa. Multiple pregnancies, births of HIV infected women, stillbirths, and births with major fetal malformations were excluded. The smooth curves of birth weight for gestational age and sex were created using the Gamlss package under R.3.0.1 software. Results. The birth weights of 12837 live birth singleton infants born to HIV negative women between 28 and 42 weeks of gestation were analyzed to construct the birth weight curves for gestational age and sex. The smoothed percentile curves of birth weights for gestational age and sex of Cameroonian infants have demonstrated an increasing slope until 40 weeks and then a plateau. There was a varied difference of distribution in birth weights for gestational age between Cameroonian, Botswanan, American, and French infants. Conclusion. We established the reference curves of birth weights for gestational age and sex for Cameroonians. The difference in birth weight curves noted between Cameroonian, Botswanan, American, and French infants suggests the importance of establishing the regional birth weight norms. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4036601/ /pubmed/25161667 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/361451 Text en Copyright © 2014 Jean Dupont Kemfang Ngowa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kemfang Ngowa, Jean Dupont
Domkam, Irénée
Ngassam, Anny
Nguefack-Tsague, Georges
Dobgima Pisoh, Walter
Noa, Cyrille
Kasia, Jean Marie
References of Birth Weights for Gestational Age and Sex from a Large Cohort of Singleton Births in Cameroon
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title_short References of Birth Weights for Gestational Age and Sex from a Large Cohort of Singleton Births in Cameroon
title_sort references of birth weights for gestational age and sex from a large cohort of singleton births in cameroon
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/361451
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