Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 9, Issue 3 157-160, Copyright © 1990 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Sonographic fetal growth standards. Are current data applicable to a racially mixed population?
F. P. Hadlock, R. B. Harrist, Y. P. Shah, R. S. Sharman and S. K. Park
Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
Currently available sonographic growth standards for fetal head size,
abdominal size, and limb length are based primarily on studies from white
populations. To determine whether these published standards are appropriate
for a racially mixed, indigent population, we compared our published data
from a middle-class white population with data generated from a
black/Hispanic population seen at a county hospital in Houston, Texas. No
statistically significant differences were found for any of the following
fetal sonographic parameters (20 to 41 weeks): biparietal diameter, head
circumference, abdominal circumference, femur length.
