TY - JOUR
T1 - Equations describing percentiles for birth weight, head circumference, and length of preterm infants
AU - Riddle, W. R.
AU - DonLevy, S. C.
AU - LaFleur, B. J.
AU - Rosenbloom, S. T.
AU - Shenai, J. P.
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - Objective: To describe growth of prematurely born infants and create a growth chart adequate to assess growth of infants with less than 29 completed weeks of gestation. Study design: Birth weight, head circumference and length measurements of 7425 liveborn preterm infants from 1985 to 1997 were retrieved from a longitudinal database maintained by the neonatology division. The 3rd, 5th, 10th, 15th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 85th, 90th, 95th and 97th percentiles of each measurement were determined and used for mathematical modeling. Results: Birth weight was described with an exponential function while head circumference and length were described with linear functions. A preterm growth chart for the 10th, 50th and 90th percentiles for birth weight, weight growth, head circumference and length was generated. Conclusion: The mathematical models of growth provide smooth representations of the percentiles across gestational ages.
AB - Objective: To describe growth of prematurely born infants and create a growth chart adequate to assess growth of infants with less than 29 completed weeks of gestation. Study design: Birth weight, head circumference and length measurements of 7425 liveborn preterm infants from 1985 to 1997 were retrieved from a longitudinal database maintained by the neonatology division. The 3rd, 5th, 10th, 15th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 85th, 90th, 95th and 97th percentiles of each measurement were determined and used for mathematical modeling. Results: Birth weight was described with an exponential function while head circumference and length were described with linear functions. A preterm growth chart for the 10th, 50th and 90th percentiles for birth weight, weight growth, head circumference and length was generated. Conclusion: The mathematical models of growth provide smooth representations of the percentiles across gestational ages.
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U2 - 10.1038/sj.jp.7211572
DO - 10.1038/sj.jp.7211572
M3 - Article
C2 - 16885988
AN - SCOPUS:33748092906
SN - 0743-8346
VL - 26
SP - 556
EP - 561
JO - Journal of Perinatology
JF - Journal of Perinatology
IS - 9
ER -