Background: Growth charts are the primary tools for evaluating neonatal
birth weight and length. They help and qualify the neonates as Appropriate for
Gestational Age (AGA), Small for Gestational Age (SGA), or Large for Gestational
Age (LGA). The most commonly used neonatal charts include Intergrowth-21st, WHO,
and Fenton. The aim of the study was to compare the tools used for assessing
neonatal birth weight and the incidence of SGA and LGA using the different
charts. Methods: Data on 8608 births in the Clinical Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology were compared. We divided the patient population into
five gestational age groups. The 10th and 90th percentiles were calculated. The
percentage of cases meeting the SGA and LGA criteria was determined.
Results: Statistically significant differences between growth charts
were identified for each of the groups. The 10th percentile for the study
population corresponded to 2970 g for females and 3060 g for males born in the
40th week of gestation. The 90th percentile values were 4030 g and 4120 g. Our
analysis showed a statistically significant difference in detection of LGA or SGA
between three growth charts and our data both in male (
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Comparison of application of Fenton, Intergrowth-21st and WHO growth charts in a population of Polish newborns
Dominik Jakubowski1,*, Daria Salloum1, Marek Maciejewski1, Magdalena Bednarek-Jędrzejek2, Anna Kajdy3, Aneta Cymbaluk-Płoska4, Ewa Kwiatkowska5, Andrzej Torbé2, Sebastian Kwiatkowski2
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Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
3
Department of Reproductive Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-004 Warszawa, Poland
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Department of Gynecological Surgery and Oncology of Adults and Adolescents, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
*Correspondence: ddominikjakubowski@gmail.com (Dominik Jakubowski)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2021, 48(4), 949–954;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4804150
Submitted: 31 March 2020 | Revised: 1 June 2021 | Accepted: 8 June 2021 | Published: 15 August 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Keywords
Growth charts
Small for gestational age
Large for gestational age
Growth stan-dard