Resources 


Publications

Villar J, Cheikh Ismail L, Victora CG, Ohuma EO, Bertino E, Altman DG, et al. International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: the Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project. Lancet 2014, 384(9946):857-68.

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60932-6

 

Villar J, Papageorghiou AT, Pang R, Lambert A, Ohuma EO, Purwar M et al. The likeness of fetal growth and newborn size across non-isolated populations in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project: the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study and Newborn Cross-Sectional Study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2014, 2(10):781-92. 

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00384-6)

 

Barros FC, Papageorphiou AT, Vicora CG, Pang R, Iams Jm, Lambert A et al. The distibution of clinical phenotypes of preterm birth syndrome: implications for prevention. JAMA Pediatr 2015, 169(3):229-29. 

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3040.

 

Victora CG, Villar J, Barros FC, Bertino E, Noble JA, Purwar M et al. Anthropometric characterization of impaired fetal growth: risk factors for and prognosis of newborns with stunting or wasting. JAMA Pediatr 2015, 169(7):e151431. 

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.1431

 

Villar J, Puglia F, Fenton T, Cheikh Ismail L, Staines-Urias E, Giuliani F et al. Body composition at birth and its relationship with neonatal anthropometric ratios: the Newborn Body Composition Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project Pediatr Res 2017. 

doi: 10.1038/pr.2017.52.[Epub ahead of print]

 


Tables & Graphs

Click here to download the entire package 

 

Boys

Girls

Weight

Table (Centile)

Table (Z-Score)

Graph (Centile)

Graph (Z-Score)

 

Table (Centile)

Table (Z-Score)

Graph (Centile)

Graph (Z-Score)

 

Length

Table (Centile)

Table (Z-Score)

Graph (Centile)

Graph (Z-Score)

 

Table (Centile)

Table (Z-Score)

Graph (Centile)

Graph (Z-Score)

 

Head Circumference

Table (Centile)

Table (Z-Score)

Graph (Centile)

Graph (Z-Score)

 

Table (Centile)

Table (Z-Score)

Graph (Centile)

Graph (Z-Score)

 

Weight-Length Ratio

Table (Centile)

Table (Z-Score)

Graph (Centile)

Graph (Z-Score)

 

Table (Centile)

Table (Z-Score)

Graph (Centile)

Graph (Z-Score)

 

WLHC Combined

Graph (Centile)

Graph (Z-Score)

 

Graph (Centile)

Graph (Z-Score)

 

             Very Preterm and Newborn combined charts:

Boys

Centiles

Z-Scores

Girls

Centiles

Z-Scores

Data derived from cross-sectional measurements at birth should not be used to monitor postnatal growth (they cannot provide “growth” patterns).

Tables and charts will also be made available in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. 


Calculators & Apps

Neonatal Size Calculator for newborn infants between 24+0 and 42+6 weeks' gestation

Download Windows app (note: large file size)

Download Mac app (note: large file size)

Open app in web-browser 

User guide

Problems?

Sample file

Excel-based calculator for weight/length ratio at birth

 


Training & Resources

Study protocol:

Anthropometry manual:

Anthropometry training video (Head circumference only)

Anthropometry training video (Full anthropometry)

INTERGROWTH-21st course on maternal, fetal and newborn growth monitoring- Module 1: Assessing newborn size by anthropometry