Customized birth weight percentiles for identification of SGA short statue

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Authors

Corinna Melanie Held · Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum

Andreas Krebs · University of Freiburg

Dirk Olbertz · University of Freiburg

Niels Rochow · Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität

M Voigt · University of Rostock

Karl Otfried Schwab · University of Freiburg

Abstract

Customized percentiles classify more children as SGA based on their birth weight but do not appear to identify more children with postnatal growth failure than do conventional percentiles.

Topics & Keywords

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Gestational Diabetes Research and Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volume 39, Issue 3, pp. 244-250

DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2025-0548

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