Birth Weight Ratio as an Alternative to Birth Weight Percentile to Express Infant Weight in Research and Clinical Practice: A Nationwide Cohort Study

• Autores principales: Bart Jan Voskamp (Autor), Brenda M. Kazemier (Autor), Ewoud Schuit (Autor), Ben Willem J. Mol (Autor), Maarten Buimer (Autor), Eva Pajkrt (Autor), Wessel Ganzevoort (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective. To compare birth weight ratio and birth weight percentile to express infant weight when assessing pregnancy outcome. Study Design. We performed a national cohort study. Birth weight ratio was calculated as the observed birth weight divided by the median birth weight for gestational age. T...