Head circumference values among Inuit children in Nunavut, Canada: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inuit children from Nunavut have been observed to have high rates of macrocephaly, which sometimes leads to burdensome travel for medical evaluation, often with no pathology identified upon assessment. Given reports that World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts may not reflect all populations, we sought to compare head circumference measurements in a cohort of Inuit children with the WHO charts.

Methods

We extracted head circumference data from a previous retrospective cohort study where, with Inuit partnership, we reviewed medical records of Inuit children (from birth to age 5 yr) born between Jan. 1, 2010, and Dec. 31, 2013, and residing in Nunavut. To create a cohort of Inuit children similar to the cohorts used in the development of the WHO growth charts,

SUBMITTER: Joyal KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11498335 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature