National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010

• Main Authors: Anne C.C. Lee, Joanne Katz, Hannah Blencowe, Simon Cousens, Naoko Kozuki, Joshua P. Vogel, Linda Adair, Abdullah H. Baqui, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Laura E. Caulfield, Parul Christian, Siân E. Clarke, Majid Ezzati, Wafaie Fawzi, Rogelio Gonzalez, Lieven Huybregts, Simon Kariuki, Patrick Kolsteren, John Lusingu, Tanya Marchant, Mario Merialdi, Aroonsri Mongkolchati, Luke C. Mullany, James Ndirangu, Marie Louise Newell, Jyh Kae Nien, David Osrin, Dominique Roberfroid, Heather E. Rosen, Ayesha Sania, Mariangela F. Silveira, James Tielsch, Anjana Vaidya, Barbara A. Willey, Joy E. Lawn, Robert E. Black
• Other Authors: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/32198
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: National estimates for the numbers of babies born small for gestational age and the comorbidity with preterm birth are unavailable. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age (term-SGA and preterm-SGA), and the relation to low birthweigh...