Germaine M Buck Louis, Jagteshwar Grewal, Paul S Albert, Anthony Sciscione, Deborah A Wing, William A Grobman, Roger B Newman, Ronald Wapner, Mary E D'Alton, Daniel Skupski, Michael P Nageotte, Angela C Ranzini, John Owen, Edward K Chien, Sabrina Craigo, Mary L Hediger, Sungduk Kim, Cuilin Zhang, Katherine L Grantz
OBJECTIVE: Fetal growth is associated with long-term health yet no appropriate standards exist for the early identification of undergrown or overgrown fetuses. We sought to develop contemporary fetal growth standards for 4 self-identified US racial/ethnic groups. STUDY DESIGN: We recruited for prospective follow-up 2334 healthy women with low-risk, singleton pregnancies from 12 community and perinatal centers from July 2009 through January 2013. The cohort comprised: 614 (26%) non-Hispanic whites, 611 (26%) non-Hispanic blacks, 649 (28%) Hispanics, and 460 (20%) Asians...
October 2015: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology