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Area of Science:

  • Neonatalogy
  • Perinatal Medicine
  • Biostatistics

Background:

  • Accurate detection of small for gestational age (SGA) infants is crucial for identifying those at risk of morbidity.
  • The effectiveness of customized centiles versus population-based centiles in predicting adverse perinatal outcomes remains unclear.
  • This study investigates the validity of customized centiles in a Greek cohort for SGA detection and morbidity risk prediction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the accuracy of customized centiles in identifying SGA term infants within a Greek population.
  • To compare the performance of customized centiles against population-based centiles in predicting perinatal morbidity.
  • To assess the clinical utility of adjusted centiles for risk stratification in newborns.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective data collection of neonatal and maternal characteristics for singleton, low-risk, term infants over one year.
  • Infants classified as SGA based on birth weight below the tenth centile using both population-based and customized centiles (adjusted for maternal/innate factors).
  • Comparative analysis using linear regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves to assess predictive performance.

Main Results:

  • Customized centiles identified a higher proportion of SGA infants (12%) compared to population-based centiles (6%).
  • Both customized and population-based centiles showed a similar association with perinatal morbidity (OR 1.02).
  • No significant difference was observed in predicting perinatal morbidity between customized and population-based centiles (AUC 0.773 vs. 0.737, p=0.272).

Conclusions:

  • Customized centiles demonstrate superior accuracy in detecting SGA term infants compared to population-based centiles.
  • Despite improved SGA detection, customized centiles did not enhance the prediction of poor perinatal outcomes.
  • The findings suggest that while customized centiles improve SGA identification, their role in predicting morbidity requires further investigation.