Birth-weight-gestational-age standards help to identify infants in need of special care and to
determine causes and means for preventing retardation of intrauterine growth. Previously …

Objective: To develop current birth weight norms by gestational age for singleton and twin
births in Canada. Methods: Birth weight data were obtained from vital statistics and health …

Objective: To develop birth weight-for-gestational age nomograms based on a computerized
perinatal data base collected prospectively from 1975-1992. Methods: Using information …

The possible consequences of the use of various birthweight for‐gestational age standards
in a local population were investigated. Birthweight‐for‐gestational age standards based on …

Objective To obtain unbiased estimates of the variation of birthweight with gestation in
infants born before 32 weeks of gestation. Setting The former Northern Regional Health …

Weight-for-gestational-age charts and definitions of “small-for-gestational-age” based on the
distribution of livebirths at a given gestational age have conventionally been used to identify …

An intrauterine growth-retarded infant is commonly defined as one weighing less than the
10th percentile in birth weight for its gestational age. However, because there is no standard …

Our aim is develop a curve for singleton birthweight based on accurately calculated
gestational age. A retrospective analysis of all singleton live births from 22–44 completed …

Objectives: Establishing and comparing race, ethnic, and gender-specific birth weight
percentiles for gestational age is requisite for investigating the determinants of variations in …

Presentation of intrauterine or fetal growth in the form of centile curves based on birth weight
was first reported by Lubchenco and her co-workers in 1963. 1 In that publication, data on …