Relationship of Birth Parameters and Clinical Variables with the Head Circumference in Medical Students - Abstract
Background: Head circumference measurement is an indirect and simple calculation method used to determine whether brain growth progresses normally.
Aims: The head circumference is directly proportional to the mental performance of the person. We hypothesized that the head circumference of medical students is larger than the normal population.
We also searched 20 clinical data of medical students.
Study design: According to the literature, as the head circumference increases, it increases in mental and cognitive functions. We thought that the width of the head circumference should have increased at medical students compared to the normal population.
Methods: A total of twenty parameters were investigated for 408 medical students (229 males and 179 females).
Results: The lowest head circumference in women: 51 cm, the highest in women: 58 cm, the average in women: 54, 52 (50p), the lowest in men: 52, 5 cm, the highest in men: 62, 5 cm, the average in men: 57, 06 (60p). There was no significant relationship between head circumference and birth style, birth time, motor, language and social development stages.
Conclusion: Although it seems like a primitive method, the head circumference provides quick and easy information about the mental functions of a person.