Large-for-gestational-age or macrosomia as a classifier for risk of adverse perinatal outcome: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Jan Modzelewski Artur PokropekMonika Jakubiak-ProćKatarzyna Muzyka-Placzynska Dagmara Filipecka-Tyczka Margie H H Davenport Michal Rabijewski

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2021)

Definition of macrosomia as weight >4000 g should be reconsidered. LGA >90th centile should be used as a definition of fetal overgrowth along with other definitions of macrosomia.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
weight gain
body mass index
physical activity
pregnant women
weight loss