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Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2005 Dec 15;28(1):3–17. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2005.10.005

Table 3.

Developmental head measurements in control and iron-deprived infants

	Prenatal (n = 14)	Control (n = 12)	Postnatal (n = 12)
Head width birth	51.47 ± 0.32^a	53.2 ± 0.42	52.2 ± 0.53
1 month	54.40 ± 0.52^a	56.53 ± 0.54	55.10 ± 0.66
4 months	59.10 ± 0.41^a	61.07 ± 0.33	59.59 ± 0.76
Head length birth	68.66 ± 0.57	68.75 ± .62	68.75 ± .61
1 month	73.87 ± 0.75	74.75 ± 0.65	74.02 ± 0.61
4 months	78.10 ± 0.98	78.9 ± 0.91	79.55 ± 0.31
Head circumference birth	193 ± 17	198 ± 22	193 ± 23
1 month	209 ± 16	212 ± 15	212 ± 16
4 months	226 ± 14	230 ± 15	227 ± 16

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p<=.01 vs. control.