Association between perinatal mortality and morbidity and customised and non-customised birthweight centiles in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Wales, and England: comparative, population based, record linkage study.

Fanny KilpiHayley E JonesMaria Christine MagnusGillian SantorelliLise Kristine Højsgaard SchmidtStine Kjaer Urhoj Scott McGill NelsonDerek TuffnellRobert FrenchPer Minor MagnusAnne-Marie Nybo Andersen Pekka T MartikainenKate TillingDeborah A Lawlor

Published in: BMJ medicine (2023)

These results suggest an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes of a similar magnitude among SGA or LGA term infants when customised and non-customised centiles are used. Use of customised charts for SGA/LGA births-over and above use of non-customised charts for SGA/LGA births-is unlikely to provide benefits in terms of identifying term births at risk of these outcomes.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
pregnant women
preterm infants
body mass index
coronary artery disease
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv infected
adverse drug