title: Sex specific growth centiles at 28-42 weeks gestation New Zealand European infants.
abstract: Sex specific birth weight, length and head circumference centiles by gestational age from 28 to 42 weeks, were derived utilising a population of New Zealand born European singleton infants. Below 35 weeks gestation the values were less accurate because of the smaller numbers of babies available. Birth weight gestational age centiles derived from populations resident in the USA and UK were examined and compared with the New Zealand values. It was concluded that birth weight centiles by gestational age based on populations in North America and the UK were not optimal for New Zealand born babies.
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D001827:Body Height; D002508:Cephalometry; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors