Assessing fetal growth in Africa: Application of the international WHO and INTERGROWTH-21st standards in a Beninese pregnancy cohort.
Emmanuel YovoManfred AccrombessiGino AgbotaAlice HocquetteWilliam AtadeOlaiitan T LadikpoMurielle MehobaAuguste DegbeGhyslain Mombo-NgomaAchille MassougbodjiNikki JacksonNadine FievetBarbara HeudeJennifer ZeitlinValérie BriandPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Despite high anemia and malaria prevalence in the cohort, IG21st and WHO standards did not identify higher than expected proportions of fetuses under the 10th percentiles of ultrasound parameters or EFW. The proportions of fetuses under the 10th percentile threshold for IG21st charts were particularly low, raising questions about its use to identify growth-restricted fetuses in Africa.