Introduction: There is currently a lack of representative data for local gestational age-specific size-at- birth percentile charts. Existing charts also suffer from limitations relating to the measurement of gestational age (GA) and an outdated population. We aim to construct reference values and charts for size-at-birth from 35 to 41 weeks, based on the healthy local population.
Materials and methods: Prospective observational birth cohort study which recruited pregnant mothers from the 2 major public hospitals with obstetric service in Singapore, at
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This study is under Translational Clinical Research (TCR) Flagship Programme on Developmental Pathways to Metabolic Disease, NMRC/TCR/004-NUS/2008, funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and administered by the National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore.
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The publication is published in the Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore on the URL http://www.annals.edu.sg/pdf/43VolNo9Sep2014/V43N9p439.pdf.