Please cite this paper as: Villar J, Altman D, Purwar M, Noble J, Knight H, Ruyan P, Cheikh
Ismail L, Barros F, Lambert A, Papageorghiou A, Carvalho M, Jaffer Y, Bertino E, Gravett M …

The purpose of the INTERGROWTH-21 st project was to develop international, prescriptive
standards for fetal growth assessed by ultrasound and fundal height, preterm postnatal …

Background In 2006, WHO produced international growth standards for infants and children
up to age 5 years on the basis of recommendations from a WHO expert committee. Using the …

A unified protocol is essential to ensure that fetal ultrasound measurements taken in
multicentre research studies are accurate and reproducible. This paper describes the …

Background In 2006, WHO published international growth standards for children younger
than 5 years, which are now accepted worldwide. In the INTERGROWTH-21 st Project, our …

Background Charts of size at birth are used to assess the postnatal growth of preterm babies
on the assumption that extrauterine growth should mimic that in the uterus. Methods The …

Background The World Health Organization recommends that human growth should be
monitored with the use of international standards. However, in obstetric practice, we …

Objective: To compare the INTERGROWTH-21st Century growth standard to the Hadlock
standard in predicting small for gestational age (SGA) and adverse neonatal outcomes …

Three recently completed longitudinal cohort studies have developed intrauterine fetal
growth charts, one in the United States and two international. This expert review compares …

Background Large differences exist in size at birth and in rates of impaired fetal growth
worldwide. The relative effects of nutrition, disease, the environment, and genetics on these …