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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 41-45 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology |
| Volume | 146 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2009 |
Keywords
- Gestational age
- Fetal growth
- Customized standards
- Birth-weight references