Fetal growth in a population group in Lima

Authors

  • Percy Pacora Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v56i2.5235

Keywords:

Fetal growth, retardation, nutrition, surveillance, epidemiology, population

Abstract

Fetal growth is both an index of fetal well-being and predictor of early development of chronic diseases during extrauterine life. Therefore, it is neccesary to establish fetal growth standard. Based on 18,615 single deliveries registered at San Bartolome's Hospital in Lima, Peru, between June 1990 and March 1995, only 5,399 (29%) healthy Peruvian pregnant women less than 35 years old with no obstetrical complications had a healthy baby. We did not consider healthy a baby born before 34 weeks of gestation. Ten, 50, and 90 fetal weight percentiles were similar to those reported in developed countries. The differences of fetal weight between races has depended primarily on poverty and ignorance. Both factors are due to chronic underourishment and have generational influence modyfing maternal height, pelvis, lutritional status before conception and caloric ingestion during pregnancy as well as fetal wight.

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Published

1995-12-29

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 2 (1995)

Section

Trabajos originales

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Copyright (c) 1995 Percy Pacora

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How to Cite

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Pacora P. Fetal growth in a population group in Lima. An Fac med [Internet]. 1995 Dec. 29 [cited 2025 May 24];56(2):12-6. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/5235