Percentile of weight and height in children with low birth weight. A perspective for the Specialist in Orthodontics

Authors

  • María de los Ángeles Fernández Cabezas Policlínico “Chiqui Gómez Lubián”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara.
  • Miriam Machado Martínez Facultad de Estomatología de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara.
  • Ricardo Grau Abalo Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

fetal nutrition disorders, birth weight, orthodontics

Abstract

Introduction: assessing the weight and size are important indicators of health and nutrition in orthodontic patients. A healthy pregnancy with proper nutrition is essential for a good birth weight while pregnant with disorders can cause delays in the growth of enduring child throughout life. The objective of this study is to provide tables showing the effects of fetal malnutrition on physical growth reflected in the weight and height from birth to adulthood manifest.
Methods: A longitudinal clinical study was conducted in a purposive sample of 83 children, 38 low birth weight and 45 with adequate growth, which served as a control group selected from births occurred at "Mariana Grajales” University Gynecoobstetric Hospital of Santa Clara in the first quarter of 1987 and had been assessed at birth, at three and six months, at a year, at eight, at 15 and at 20 years old.
Results: growth was characterized by variable weight and height by groups and genders. They were compared to the percentiles of the Cuban population. It turned out that the members of the control group remained near the percentile 90, while fetal malnourished were below 50% in weight and 10% in size.
Conclusions: It is confirmed the influence of nutritional factor from the prenatal stage of development and its impact into adulthood, aspects of great importance in the clinical assessment and diagnosis of patients with orthodontic needs.

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Author Biography

Ricardo Grau Abalo, Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Doctor en Ciencias Psicológicas. Profesor Titular de Informática Médica y Bioestadística de la Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas.

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2015-03-09

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Fernández Cabezas M de los Ángeles, Machado Martínez M, Grau Abalo R. Percentile of weight and height in children with low birth weight. A perspective for the Specialist in Orthodontics. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2015 Mar. 9 [cited 2025 Jun. 27];9(1):8-13. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/208

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