title: In utero analysis of fetal growth: a sonographic weight standard.
abstract: Regression analysis was used to develop an in utero fetal weight model from a population of 392 predominantly middle-class white patients with certain menstrual histories. There was a gradual increase in fetal weight from 35 g at 10 weeks to 3,619 g at 40 weeks, with uniform variance of +/- 12.7% (1 standard deviation) throughout gestation. When tested against the estimated weights of 1,771 chromosomally normal fetuses between 14 and 21 weeks, the mean percent difference was 0.8% and the average absolute percent error was 3.3%. When compared with actual delivery data for 163 fetuses in the group, the mean percent difference was 0.8% and the average absolute percent error was 1.1%. These data are compared with other prenatal weight curves obtained at ultrasound and with data from several large postnatal weight studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Hadlock
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Harrist
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martinez-Poyer
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012015:Reference Standards; D012044:Regression Analysis; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal