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In Chinese Newborn Infants

Comparison with Other Ethnic Groups

Alexander K. C. Leung, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP, MRCP

Alberta Children's Hospital, 1820 Richmond Road, S.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2T 5C7

Kenneth C. H. Ma, MBBS, FRCPC

Department of Pediatrics, the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

T. Oswald Siu, DSc

Department of Community Health Sciences, the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

W. Lane M. Robson, MD, FRCPC

Department of Pediatrics, the Unviersity of Calgary

The palpebral fissure length was measured in 60 normal Chinese term infants in the first 48 hours of life. The measurement of the palpebral fissure length was performed with a vernier caliper by placing it across the greatest horizontal axis of the eye from the medial to the lateral canthus. The head circumference was measured by placing a tape anteriorly just above the eyebrows and posteriorly at the maximum point of the occiput. There was no difference according to sex or between the measurements in the right and the left eye. The palpebral fissure length was 1.94 ± 0.17 cm (mean ± standard deviation (SD)) and the head circumference was 34.0 ± 1.3 cm (mean ± SD).

These data suggest that Chinese neonates have a shorter palpebral fissure length than do black American neonates and a longer palpebral fissure length than do white American and Turkish neonates.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 29, No. 3, 172-174 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/000992289002900306
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