title: [Neonatal weight: an analysis of the distribution].
abstract: We examined birthweight distribution in relation to gestational age from 25 to 42 weeks in a series of 3.526 single newborns and in whom reliability of gestational age was rigorously controlled. To verify the distribution normality the Shapiro-Wilk and the Kolmogorov tests have been applied. Birthweight data follow a gaussian distribution for each gestational age week. Therefore in the birthweight standards estimation the parametric method can safely be applied also when the series includes pathologic and preterm newborns.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Discipline Pediatriche, Università di Torino, Italia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bertino
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Licata
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bagna
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fabris
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016011:Normal Distribution