Table 5

Differences of the 10th, 50th, and 90th centiles of gestation specific birth weights (g) of Chinese newborns from those of Australian,¹⁹ Norwegian,²⁰ and British newborns³¹

	Australian			Norwegian			British
Gestation (weeks)	10th centile	50th centile	90th centile	10th centile	50th centile	90th centile	10th centile	50th centile	90th centile
Male
24	−32	28	95	13	73	120	48	88	205
25	−28	15	71	7	65	106	−18	20	41
26	−24	30	74	1	60	99	−44	−20	−6
27	−102	−14	70	13	71	105	−52	−34	−30
28	−93	29	70	17	89	130	−33	−21	−30
29	−100	61	96	40	121	166	−10	21	16
30	−88	58	122	77	158	197	32	58	52
31	10	67	113	120	207	243	60	97	83
32	−49	95	418	166	255	283	91	125	98
33	25	114	185	195	284	305	105	134	105
34	37	117	133	217	307	323	107	147	123
35	97	116	130	202	312	345	87	136	120
36	83	107	116	173	307	366	43	117	116
37	100	151	213	170	306	398	0	101	163
38	151	204	224	216	324	369	−29	94	164
39	173	217	241	253	352	391	−17	107	181
40	195	245	276	255	370	421	−5	115	176
41	214	277	310	239	357	415	4	97	130
42	161	235	289	186	305	364	−69	5	19

Female
24	−13	−27	−46	−33	−17	−1	47	53	144
25	5	−18	−25	−35	−3	20	15	22	25
26	0	12	10	−30	12	45	20	17	20
27	−23	−2	29	−18	33	79	37	28	29
28	−80	2	45	10	72	130	70	52	45
29	−49	47	48	56	122	193	101	97	98
30	−9	62	75	106	172	250	146	132	135
31	−43	58	130	152	218	295	177	168	170
32	5	52	121	190	252	326	205	192	191
33	8	97	146	218	272	336	208	197	201
34	44	85	168	229	280	323	154	155	158
35	92	76	188	207	276	323	92	116	128
36	54	78	148	164	273	343	34	88	108
37	54	120	175	154	280	365	−16	70	115
38	110	168	232	180	303	382	−40	68	132
39	139	190	233	214	325	393	−31	80	153
40	174	220	264	239	345	404	−16	100	164
41	200	249	302	225	344	402	10	109	142
42	163	226	299	173	306	374	−47	46	69