The clinical performance and population health impact of birthweight-for-gestational age indices at term gestation.

Sid John K S JosephJohn FaheyShiliang LiuMichael S Kramer

Published in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2023)

Reference- and standard-based birthweight-for-gestational age indices and centiles perform poorly for predicting adverse neonatal outcomes in individual infants, and their associated population impact is also small.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
emergency department
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
preterm infants
insulin resistance
glycemic control
adverse drug