The Implications of Diagnosis of Small for Gestational Age Fetuses Using European and South Asian Growth Charts: An Outcome-Based Comparative Study

Table 1

Prevalence, gestational age at delivery, mode of delivery, and occurrence fetal distress in labour among the study groups (Group-1: SGA according only to Bangladeshi growth chart; Group-2: SGA according to European grow chart and AGA according to Bangladeshi growth chart; Group-3: AGA according to both growth chart).

	Group-1		Group-2		Group-3
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Prevalence	168	12.7	518	39.0	641	46.3
Gestational age at delivery∗§
<37	51	30.4	38	7.3	78	12.2
≥37 weeks	117	69.6	480	92.7	563	87.8
Mode of delivery**
SVD	87	53.0	354	68.9	424	66.6
ELCS	26	15.9	78	15.2	92	14.4
EMCS	45	27.4	59	11.5	89	14.0
AVD	6	3.6	23	4.4	32	5.1
Fetal distress^†‡
Yes	31	18.5	36	6.9	42	6.6
No	137	81.5	482	93.1	599	93.4

Footnotes: SGA: small for gestational age, AGA: appropriate for gestational age, SVD: spontaneous vaginal delivery; ELCS: elective cesarean section; EMCS: emergency cesarean section; AVD: assisted vaginal delivery.
^∗𝑃<0.001 for all comparison; ^§𝑃=0.06 G2 versus G3; **see text for statistical differences (12 cases had not indicated their mode of delivery); ^†𝑃<0.001 for all comparisons; ^‡𝑃=0.79 G2 versus G3.