PEDIATRICS Vol. 79 No. 5 May 1987, pp. 706-712
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Head Circumference Reference Data: Birth to 18 Years

Alex F. Roche MD, PhD, DSc1, Debabrata Mukherjee PhD1, Shumei Guo PhD1, and William M. Moore MD, MPH1

1 From Wright State University School of Medicine, Yellow Springs, and Ross Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio

Highly reliable data from a sample of 888 white US children, measured serially in a single study, have been used to provide reference data for head circumference from birth to 18 years of age. The present data differ little from those already available for the age range from birth to 36 months of age, but they are considerably higher (about 0.5 cm) at older ages for boys and tend to be slightly higher for girls. These new reference data are smoother across age than those used currently for screening and evaluation. Percentiles for 6-month increments from birth to 6 years have been provided.

Key Words: head circumference

Submitted on January 23, 1986
Accepted on June 20, 1986




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