The Clitoral Size of the Korean Female Newborn.
10.12701/yujm.2001.18.2.287
- Author:
Suk Yong WON
1
;
Min Whan KOH
;
Tae Hyung LEE
;
Mi Jung EUN
;
Jung Sook KIM
;
Ok Kyung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Yeungnam University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Clitoral size;
Glans size;
Female newborn
- MeSH:
Academic Medical Centers;
Birth Weight;
Clitoris;
Female*;
Gestational Age;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Low Birth Weight;
Infant, Newborn*;
Infant, Premature
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
2001;18(2):287-292
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: To determine mean clitoral and glans size of Korean female newborn. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The size of glans and clitoris of 68 Korean female newborns born at Yeungnam University Medical Center were measured from May in 1999 to August in 1999. RESULTS: The mean size of the 68 newborns were 2.38+/-1.14 mm in glans length, 2.55+/-1.48 mm in glans width and 4.66+/-1.93 mm in clitoral length. In the premature infants the mean clitoral size was 1.92+/-1.58 mm in glans length, 1.78+/-1.24 mm in glans width and 3.86+/-2.16 mm in clitoral length. In the full term infants 2.53+/-1.12 mm in glans length, 2.75+/-1.58 mm in glans width and 4.94+/-1.89 mm in clitoral length. In low birth weight infants clitoral size was measured 1.55+/-1.10 mm in glans length, 2.04+/-2.03 mm in glans width and 3.29+/-1.87 mm in clitoral length. In normal birth weight infants 2.53+/-1.13 mm in glans length, 2.68+/-1.48 mm in glans width and 4.92+/-1.91 mm in clitoral length. In high birth weight infants 1.54+/-0.50 mm in glans length, 1.63+/-0.53 mm in glans width and 3.18+/-1.04 mm in clitoral length. CONCLUSION: There was no significant correlation between gestational age and clitoral size or glans size, but significant negative correlation was found between birth weight and clitoral size or glans size.
