Anthropometry of XXXX .

@entity1 @entity12832 @entity66 @entity6792 @entity91 @entity85
BACKGROUND: Anthropometry is becoming a popular method for diagnostics of @entity66 in pediatric clinical practice. The aim of this study was to assess the growth changes in craniofacial parameters in @entity1 with @entity91 and @entity12832 . METHODS: Inclusion criteria for the study were presence of @entity91 or @entity12832 in a @entity1 with at least three anthropometric evaluations at our department. Studied @entity1 were aged from 1.0 month to 2.5 years with median age at the first and last anthropometric evaluation as 1.83 and 25.27 months, respectively. Further anthropometric results in @entity1 older than 2.5 years were excluded from the study. Statistical significance was tested by the Mann-Whitney test. RESULTS: The studied group consisted of 70.5% male @entity1 . The type of @entity91 was represented by @entity91 in 44.1%, by @entity91 in 45.6% and by @entity6792 in 10.3% of the cases. Cranial index was proven as a suitable parameter for evaluating differences in the trend of growth in @entity91 (p<0.001) and also for evaluating post-operative results. Significance was found in width of the head (p=0.038) for @entity91 and in length of the head for @entity91 (p=0.001) in surgically treated @entity1 . Trend of cranial growth in operated @entity1 copied the curve of the norm but in higher or lower values which depends on the type of prematurely closed suture. CONCLUSION: Longitudinal anthropometric follow-up is an objective and measurable method that can accurately non-invasively and non-expensively assess skull growth in pediatric @entity1 with @entity85 .
