Estimation of birth weight by measurement of fundal height and abdominal girth in parturients at term.

Mortazavi, F.; Akaberi, A.

In a prospective descriptive study, the usefulness of symphysis-fundal height and the product of abdominal girth and fundal height in predicting birth weight 4000 g were examined. Fundal height and abdominal girth were measured at the time of admission on a sample of 795 parturient women at a teaching hospital in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis was used to select the best cut-off points. The product of abdominal girth × fundal height with the cut-off at 3900 g performed better for predicting birth weight > 4000 g, but for low birth weight, the regression model of fundal height with cut-off at 3000 g was a better predictor.

IRAN; BIRTH weight; REGRESSION analysis; PREGNANT women; BIRTH size; FORECASTING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ABDOMEN; ACADEMIC medical centers; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; LONGITUDINAL method; MOTHERS; RESEARCH evaluation; RESEARCH funding; STATURE; PARITY (Obstetrics); RECEIVER operating characteristic curves

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 5, p553

1020-3397

Academic Journal

10.26719/2010.16.5.553