Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
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Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol · Nov 2012
Perinatal outcomes in large infants using customised birthweight centiles and conventional measures of high birthweight.
Large-for-gestational-age (LGA) or macrosomic infants are associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. It is unclear if these associations are stronger using customised birthweight centiles. We compared outcomes between term infants defined macrosomic by birthweight >4000 g (Macro(4000) ) or LGA by population centiles (LGA(pop) ) with those defined LGA by customised centiles (LGA(cust) ). ⋯ The use of customised centiles are more strongly associated with adverse birth outcomes and its use should be considered in the definition of LGA.