TO ESTABLISH THE NORMS FOR BODY MASS INDEX(BMI) FOR PRETERM, TERM AND POST TERM NEWBORNS

Dr PANKAJ KUMAR SINGHAL; Dr SHWETA GOYAL

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

TO ESTABLISH THE NORMS FOR BODY MASS INDEX(BMI) FOR PRETERM, TERM AND POST TERM NEWBORNS

Dr Pankaj Kumar Singhal, Dr Shweta Goyal

Abstract :

Objective(s): To establish the norms for body mass index of preterm, term and post term newborns.

Method(s): Maternal data regarding period of gestation from first day of last menstrual period and Newborn’s data regarding sex, gestation age by modified ballard‘s score, birth weight (by digital weighing machine in grams), length (by infantometer in cm.), head circumference (cm) recorded.Examination was carried out in the special care unit within 24 hours of the delivery at the temperature 29–31°C with good diffuse light.

Observation(s) :). The correlation coefficient between B.M.I. and gestational age is highly significant. From 28 to 40 weeks the rise in B.M.I. is progressive .After 40 weeks B.M.I. decelerates.The results so obtained have been compared with other Indian and foreign authors. Curves for B.M.I. have been constructed with ± 2 S.D. depicting values of different gestational ages

Conclusion(s) There are yet no nationally and internationally acceptable standards of Body mass index. Which is now considered a better index for assessment of growth, so we studied the B.M.I. of Preterm, Term and Post term newborns ,as the Body mass index (B.M.I.) is a simple index of weight for height that is commonly used to classify underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity in growing children and adults internationally.