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Table 2 Levels of precision obtained with a sample size of 100 women for some biometrical fetal parameters (values and half widths in mm)

From: WHO multicentre study for the development of growth standards from fetal life to childhood: the fetal component

Abdominal circumference

Week

Mean

10% Centile

5% Centile

CV

%SE_50

%SE_10

%SE_5

Width_50

Width_10

Width_5

20

147.7

133.5

128.8

7.9

0.79

1.07

1.21

2.33

2.85

3.12

24

190.7

173.8

166.6

7.4

0.74

1.00

1.14

2.82

3.47

3.78

28

235.2

215.4

210.6

6.4

0.64

0.86

0.98

3.01

3.72

4.13

32

278.6

255.8

248.3

6.5

0.65

0.88

1.00

3.62

4.49

4.95

36

314.5

288.0

277.9

7.1

0.71

0.96

1.09

4.47

5.52

6.05

Biparietal diameter

Week

Mean

10% Centile

5% Centile

CV

%SE_50

%SE_10

%SE_5

Width_50

Width_10

Width_5

20

46.7

44.0

42.0

5.6

0.56

0.76

0.86

0.52

0.67

0.72

24

59.0

56.0

55.0

4.8

0.48

0.65

0.74

0.57

0.73

0.81

28

70.8

68.0

67.0

3.9

0.39

0.53

0.60

0.55

0.72

0.80

32

80.1

77.0

75.0

3.7

0.37

0.50

0.57

0.59

0.77

0.85

36

87.1

83.0

81.0

3.7

0.37

0.50

0.57

0.64

0.83

0.92

Head circumference

Week

Mean

10% Centile

5% Centile

CV

%SE_50

%SE_10

%SE_5

Width_50

Width_10

Width_5

20

177.4

164.4

161.2

5.8

0.58

0.78

0.89

2.06

2.57

2.87

24

225.0

212.3

209.2

4.9

0.49

0.66

0.75

2.21

2.81

3.14

28

269.4

254.9

251.8

4.3

0.43

0.58

0.66

2.32

2.96

3.32

32

302.8

286.9

281.6

4.1

0.41

0.55

0.63

2.48

3.17

3.54

36

325.1

308.1

300.1

4.1

0.41

0.55

0.63

2.67

3.41

3.77

Femur length

Week

Mean

10% Centile

5% Centile

CV

%SE_50

%SE_10

%SE_5

Width_50

Width_10

Width_5

20

32.6

30.0

29.0

6.9

0.69

0.93

1.06

0.45

0.56

0.61

24

43.2

41.0

40.0

4.7

0.47

0.63

0.72

0.41

0.52

0.58

28

53.0

51.0

50.0

3.7

0.37

0.50

0.57

0.39

0.51

0.57

32

61.9

59.0

58.0

3.3

0.33

0.45

0.51

0.41

0.53

0.59

36

69.3

67.0

65.0

3.2

0.32

0.43

0.49

0.44

0.58

0.64

Humerus length

Week

Mean

10% Centile

5% Centile

CV

%SE_50

%SE_10

%SE_5

Width_50

Width_10

Width_5

20

31.4

28.0

27.0

8.9

0.89

1.20

1.37

0.56

0.67

0.74

24

40.7

38.0

37.0

6.8

0.68

0.92

1.04

0.55

0.70

0.77

28

48.6

45.0

44.0

6.3

0.63

0.85

0.97

0.61

0.77

0.85

32

55.7

52.0

51.0

5.7

0.57

0.77

0.87

0.63

0.80

0.89

36

61.2

57.0

56.0

5.4

0.54

0.73

0.83

0.66

0.83

0.93