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Adjusting growth standards for fetal sex improves correlation of small babies with stillbirth and adverse perinatal outcomes: A state-wide population study

OBJECTIVES: Sex impacts birthweight, with male babies heavier on average. Birthweight charts are thus sex specific, but ultrasound fetal weights are often reported by sex neutral standards. We aimed to identify what proportion of infants would be re-classified as SGA if sex-specific charts were used...

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Autores principales: Pritchard, Natasha L., Walker, Susan P., Mitchell, Alexandra R., Tong, Stephen, Lindquist, Anthea C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9551630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36215239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274521