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Table 5 Head circumference of boys’ and girls’ by gestational age in weeks

From: Reference curves of birth weight, length, and head circumference for gestational ages in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

GA (w)

No of cases

Mean (cm)

SD

Head Circumferences Percentiles (cm)

P3

P5

P10

P25

P50

P75

P90

P95

P97

Boys

26

50

26.7

2.79

22

22

23

24

26

30

30

30

30

27

33

25.9

2.48

23

23

23

24

25

28

30

31

31

28

42

27.8

3.19

23

23

24

25

27

30

33

33

33

29

35

29.0

2.83

24

25

26

27

28

32

33

33

33

30

63

28.6

1.89

25

25

26

27

29

30

31

31

31

31

89

29.2

1.80

25

26

27

28

29

31

31

32

32

32

223

31.3

1.40

27

28

30

31

32

32

32

33

33

33

256

30.4

1.86

26

27

28

30

31

32

32

33

34

34

398

31.0

1.42

28

29

29

30

31

32

33

34

34

35

465

31.2

1.19

29

29

30

31

31

32

33

33

34

36

868

32.6

1.09

30

31

32

32

33

34

34

34

34

37

669

32.7

1.18

30

30

31

32

33

34

34

34

35

38

3534

33.3

0.871

32

32

32

33

34

34

34

35

35

39

6296

33.7

0.778

32

32

33

34

34

34

35

35

35

40

7871

33.9

0.751

32

32

33

34

34

34

35

35

35

41

3463

34.2

0.763

32

33

34

34

34

35

35

36

36

42

1289

34.1

0.809

32

33

33

34

34

35

35

36

36

Girls

26

36

26.6

2.81

22

22

23

24

26

30

30

30

30

27

31

27.0

2.53

23

24

24

25

26

30

30

30

30

28

46

27.4

3.16

22

23

24

25

27

30

32

33

33

29

31

29.5

2.36

25

26

26

28

30

31

33

33

33

30

41

28.4

2.30

23

23

24

27

29

30

31

31

31

31

74

29.3

1.75

25

26

27

28

30

31

31

32

32

32

171

31.1

1.53

27

28

29

30

32

32

33

33

33

33

207

30.3

1.75

27

27

28

29

30

32

32

33

33

34

342

30.8

1.32

28

28

29

30

31

32

32

33

33

35

452

31.2

1.32

28

29

30

31

31

32

33

33

34

36

812

32.4

1.23

30

30

31

32

32

33

34

34

34

37

608

32.7

1.26

30

30

31

32

33

34

34

34

35

38

3088

33.2

0.848

31

32

32

33

34

34

34

34

35

39

5544

33.6

0.774

32

32

33

34

34

34

35

35

35

40

6817

33.8

0.752

32

32

33

34

34

34

35

35

35

41

2964

34.1

0.778

32

33

33

34

34

35

35

35

36

42

1201

34.0

0.835

32

32

33

34

34

35

35

35

36

  1. GA Gestational Age; SD Standard Deviation; P Percentiles; cm centimeter; w week