Hussain M A
Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull. 1975 Oct;1(2):97-102.
Brain-weight/liver-weight ratio has been suggested to be a good indicator of nutritional status in new-born babies. But no evidence except low blood sugar and low hepatic reserve of carbohydrate have been presented to support this. In the present study babies dying in perinatal period have been compared by dividing them arbitrarily into two groups according to a fixed B/L ratio of 3.5. The results showed that the nutritional status of babies with high B/L ratio was comparatively poorer than babies with normal B/L ratio in terms of weight, length and hepatic reserve of iron, folate and vitamin A, and thus provide evidence to the hypothesis.
脑重与肝重之比已被认为是新生儿营养状况的一个良好指标。但除了低血糖和肝脏碳水化合物储备低之外，没有其他证据支持这一点。在本研究中，根据固定的脑重与肝重之比3.5，将围产期死亡的婴儿任意分为两组进行比较。结果表明，就体重、身长以及铁、叶酸和维生素A的肝脏储备而言，脑重与肝重之比高的婴儿的营养状况相对比脑重与肝重之比正常的婴儿差，从而为该假设提供了证据。
