A comparison of customized and population-based birth-weight standards: The influence of gestational age

Karla Hemming, JL Hutton, S Bonellie

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Abstract

Objectives: We examined how customized birth-weight standards compare to population birth-weight references at term (>= 37 weeks), nearly term (34-36 weeks), moderately preterm (32-33 weeks) and for the very preterm births (28-31 weeks), with respect to perinatal mortality. Study design: Data from the national Swedish Medical Births Register for the years 1992-2001, consisting of a total of 783,303 singletons born at or after 28 completed gestational weeks. Infants were classified as small for gestational age (SGA,
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)41-45
Number of pages5
JournalEuropean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume146
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2009

Keywords

  • Gestational age
  • Fetal growth
  • Customized standards
  • Birth-weight references

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