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The Adjustment of Birthweight for Very Early Gestational Ages: Two Related Problems in Statistical Analysis
Author(s) -
Bland J. M.,
Peacock J. L.,
Anderson H. R.,
Brooke O. G.,
De Curtis M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2347762
Subject(s) - statistical analysis , gestational age , statistics , medicine , obstetrics , mathematics , pregnancy , biology , genetics
SUMMARY The relationship of birthweight to gestational age is described. Two problems are discussed and solutions offered: the production of standard centile charts of birthweight for very early gestational ages, based on a small amount of data, and the adjustment of birthweight for gestational age in the analysis of factors associated with lower birthweight.