physical growthsmall‐for‐gestational‐ageAim To evaluate the growth trend of children from birth to 2 years old born full‐term small‐for‐gestational‐age (SGA) in Chengdu, China. Methods Full‐term SGA infants were prospectively followed from birth to 2 years of age. The weight, length ...
During 1985 a survey of the physical growth of 175290 Chinese children less than 7 years in age was undertaken in the urban and rural areas of ten provinces. The results of weight, height; and head circumference are similar to those generally found as regards the differences between boys and...
Physical development from birth to 6-years-old The physical development data of 34 discordant dizygotic twin pairs at birth and 1, 3-, 6-, 8-, 12-, 18-, 30-, 36-, 48-, 60-, and 72-months-old were reviewed, and the fitting curves of body weight and height were drawn, respectivel...
Previous research has examined handedness and birth order to inform sexual orientation and gender identity/role expression development; however, sexual orientation and gender identity/role expression have rarely been disentangled to provide a more nuanced perspective. In Thailand, we investigated sexual ori...
Results Internalizing and externalizing disorders at ages 7, 11, and 16 years were associated with a 1.5- to 2-fold increase in risk for midlife anxiety and affective disorder (P<.05), whereas psychological ill health at ages 23, 33, and 42 years was associated with a 2- to 7-fold inc...
For the past 4 decades, birth control has been promoted in India and China, the two countries with the world's largest populations, but the momentum of population growth continues and is unlikely to level off in the next 20 years. In addition, China's one-child-per-family policy has ...
Laterborns are also more open to experience, as expressed by their being more adventurous and unconventional. Differences by birth order are more restricted for the two remaining dimensions of the Five Factor Model. Firstborns appear to be more neurotic than laterborns, in the sense of being ...
Eleven out of the 13 health professionals agreed that a fetus with a treatable disease could be born, whereas a fetus with an untreatable disease should not be carried to term. The health professionals assessed the impact of birth defects on children’s physical function and development, ...
community health centers, and other community development. The youngest generation was labeled “equality” (born 1990–1997). During the teenage years of this cohort, public discourse had shifted to a one about the equality of sexual minorities and demands (and some successes) regarding their cult...
2a). The organ elongated during development. At an examination at 5 years and 4 months of age, its length exceeded the pelvic fins already (Fig. 2b). However, we could not confirm when exactly the clasper started to increase in size and exceeded the pelvic fins during our observation ...