采用二阶段随机抽样、相关与回归分析的方法,对武汉市988名0～3岁散居正常儿童的前臂围、上臂围、体重、身长、坐高、头围及胸围进行了研究。结果表明:前臂围与上臂围、体重、胸围、身长、坐高及头围之间都存在高度相关性。逐步回归分析结果还发现:与前臂围关系密切的营养评价指标主要是上臂围、体重和胸围。 The forearm circumference, upper arm circumference, body weight, height, sitting height, head circumference and chest circumference of 988 normal children aged 0 ~ 3 years in Wuhan were investigated by two-stage random sampling, correlation and regression analysis. The results showed that there was a high degree of correlation between forearm circumference and upper arm circumference, body weight, chest circumference, length, height and head circumference. Stepwise regression analysis also found that: with the forearm circumference are closely related to nutrition evaluation index is mainly the upper arm circumference, body weight and chest circumference.