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Table 2 Fetuses with abnormal z scores using Intergrowth 21st or Salomon equations

From: Fetal biometry assessment with Intergrowth 21st’s and Salomon’s equations in rural Burkina Faso

Anthropometrics

Abnormal z score n (%)

<  2.5th centile

< 10th centile

> 90th centile

>  97.5th centile

Biparietal diameter

 Intergrowth 21

10 (3.6)

39 (14.1)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

 Salomon

3 (1.1)

14 (5.1)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

 Mc Nemar test

n.a

<  0.001

n.a

n.a

Abdominal circumference

 Intergrowth 21

1 (0.4)

3 (1.1)

86 (31.2)

33 (12.0)

 Salomon

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

8 (2.9)

2 (0.7)

 Mc Nemar test

n.a

n.a

<  0.001

<  0.001

Head circumference

 Intergrowth 21

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

68 (24.6)

19 (6.9)

 Salomon

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

52 (18.8)

4 (1.4)

 Mc Nemar test

n.a

n.a

<  0.001

<  0.001

Femur length

 Intergrowth 21

2 (0.7)

6 (2.2)

137 (49.6)

49 (17.8)

 Salomon

3 (1.1)

10 (3.6)

18 (6.5)

3 (1.1)

 Mc Nemar test

n.a

n.a

<  0.001

<  0.001

  1. n.a not applicable; Intergrowth 21: international fetal and newborn growth consortium for the twenty-first century