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Sonographic fetal growth standards. Are current data applicable to a racially mixed population?
Author(s) -
Hadlock F P,
Harrist R B,
Shah Y P,
Sharman R S,
Park S K
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1990.9.3.157
Subject(s) - medicine , population , biparietal diameter , circumference , obstetrics , head circumference , fetus , demography , pregnancy , gestational age , environmental health , geometry , mathematics , sociology , biology , genetics
Currently available sonographic growth standards for fetal head size, abdominal size, and limb length are based primarily on studies from white populations. To determine whether these published standards are appropriate for a racially mixed, indigent population, we compared our published data from a middle‐class white population with data generated from a black/Hispanic population seen at a county hospital in Houston, Texas. No statistically significant differences were found for any of the following fetal sonographic parameters (20 to 41 weeks): biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, femur length.