title: [Rate of intrauterine growth retardation at the Leipzig Perinatal Center comparing the years 1982 to 1984 with 1987 to 1989].
abstract: Referring to the number of all live-born children, hypotrophic newborn (IUGR) were classified at the Centre for Perinatal Care in Leipzig into two periods of time. Based on the 5th Kyank-percentile 6.5% hypotrophic newborn were classified into period A (1982-1984) and 5.0% hypotrophic newborn were classified in period B (1987-1989). The proportion of hypotrophic newborn with a birth weight < 2500 g amounted to one quarter of all infants (except multiple birth) with low birth weight in period A and to one fifth (20.7%) in period B. The decrease in the rate of hypotrophy in these infants affected nearly exclusively the mature ones. The number of infants with extreme intra-uterine growth retardation amounted to 29% (99 in 329) in period A and to 24% (58 in 238) in period B. The rate of hypotrophy in stillbirths decreased from 44% to 33%. In this process the proportion of extremely hypotrophic stillbirths amounted to 47% in period A, whereas it decreased to only 26% in period B.
authors.affiliation: Universitätskinderklinik Leipzig.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vogtmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schüler
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Ruckhäberle
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beyreiss
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Hypotrophen-Rate am Leipziger Perinatalzentrum im Vergleich der Jahre 1982 bis 1984 und 1987 bis 1989.