A systematic review and meta-analysis to revise the Fenton growth chart for preterm infants

BMC Pediatrics

Jae H Kim²  Tanis R Fenton¹ 

[1] Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada;Division of Neonatology, UC San Diego Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive MPF 1140, San Diego, CA, USA

关键词: Percentile;    Length;    Head circumference;    Weight;    Growth;    Preterm infant;    Infant, very low birth weight;    Infant, Premature;   

Others  :  1144968
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2431-13-59

 received in 2012-10-12, accepted in 2013-04-10,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

The aim of this study was to revise the 2003 Fenton Preterm Growth Chart, specifically to: a) harmonize the preterm growth chart with the new World Health Organization (WHO) Growth Standard, b) smooth the data between the preterm and WHO estimates, informed by the Preterm Multicentre Growth (PreM Growth) study while maintaining data integrity from 22 to 36 and at 50 weeks, and to c) re-scale the chart x-axis to actual age (rather than completed weeks) to support growth monitoring.

Methods

Systematic review, meta-analysis, and growth chart development. We systematically searched published and unpublished literature to find population-based preterm size at birth measurement (weight, length, and/or head circumference) references, from developed countries with: Corrected gestational ages through infant assessment and/or statistical correction; Data percentiles as low as 24 weeks gestational age or lower; Sample with greater than 500 infants less than 30 weeks. Growth curves for males and females were produced using cubic splines to 50 weeks post menstrual age. LMS parameters (skew, median, and standard deviation) were calculated.

Results

Six large population-based surveys of size at preterm birth representing 3,986,456 births (34,639 births < 30 weeks) from countries Germany, United States, Italy, Australia, Scotland, and Canada were combined in meta-analyses. Smooth growth chart curves were developed, while ensuring close agreement with the data between 24 and 36 weeks and at 50 weeks.

Conclusions

The revised sex-specific actual-age growth charts are based on the recommended growth goal for preterm infants, the fetus, followed by the term infant. These preterm growth charts, with the disjunction between these datasets smoothing informed by the international PreM Growth study, may support an improved transition of preterm infant growth monitoring to the WHO growth charts.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Fenton and Kim; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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