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. 2016 Nov;76(11):1172–1179. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-118598

Table 1 Survey of the 35 weight estimation formulae.

Author Data Formula
AC = abdominal circumference, HC = head circumference, FL = femur length, BPD = biparietal diameter, AD = abdominal diameter, GA = gestational age, MW = maternal weight
Birnholz 13 BPD, OFD, ATD 3.42928 × (BPD × OFD/1.264)0.5 × AD2/1 000 + 41.218 [g, mm]
Combs 14 HC, AC, FL 0.23718 × AC2 × FL + 0.03312 × HC3 [g, cm]
Campbell 15 AC e(− 4.564 + 0.282 × AC − 0.00331 × AC²) [kg, cm]
Ferrero 16 AC, FL 10(0.77125 + 0.13244 × AC − 0.12996 × FL − 1.73588 × AC²/1 000 + 2.18984 × FL/AC) [g, cm]
Hadlock I 4 BPD, HC, AC, FL 10(1.3596 + 0.0064 × HC + 0.0424 × AC + 0.174 × FL + 0.00061 × BPD × AC − 0.00386 × AC × FL) [g, cm]
Hadlock II 4 AC, FL 10(1.304 + 0.05281 × AC + 0.1938 × FL − 0.004 × AC × FL) [g, cm]
Hadlock III 4 BPD, AC, FL 10(1.335–0.0034 × AC × FL + 0.0316 × BPD + 0.0457 × AC + 0.1623 × FL) [g, cm]
Hadlock IV 4 HC, AC, FL 10(1.326–0.00326 × AC × FL + 0.0107 × HC + 0.0438 × AC + 0.158 × FL) [g, cm]
Hadlock V 5 BPD, AC 10(1.1134 + 0.05845 × AC − 0.000604 × AC² − 0.007365 × BPD² + 0.000595 × BPD × AC + 0.1694 × BPD) [g, cm]
Hadlock VI 5 HC, AC, FL 10(1.5662–0.0108 × HC + 0.0468 × AC + 0.171 × FL + 0.00034 × HC² − 0.0003685 × AC × FL) [g, cm]
Halaska 17 BPD, AC, FL 10(0.64041 × BPD − 0.03257 × BPD² + 0.00154 × AC × FL) [g,cm]
Hansmann 18 BPD, AD, GA, − 0.001665958 × AD3 + 0.4133629 × AD2 − 0.5580294 × AD − 0.01231535 × BPD3 + 3.702 × BPD2 − 330.1811 × BPD − 0.4937199 × (GA + 1)3 + 55.958061 × (GA + 1)2 − 2 034.3901 × (GA + 1) + 32 768.19 [g, mm]
Higginbottom 20 AC 0.0816 × AC3 [g, cm]
Jordaan 21 BPD, HC, AC 10(2.3231 + 0.02904 × AC + 0.0079 × HC − 0.0058 × BPD) [kg, cm]
Merz I 22 BPD, AC − 3 200.40479 + 157.07186 × AC + 15.90391 × BPD × BPD [g, cm]
Merz II 22 AC 0.1 × AC3 [g, cm]
Ott 26 HC, AC, FL 10(− 2.0661 + 0.04355 × HC + 0.05394 × AC − 0.0008582 × HC × AC + 1.2594 × FL/AC) [kg, cm]
Rose-McCallum 27 BPD, AD, FL e(0.143 × [BPD + AD + FL] + 4.198) [g, cm]
Sabbagha 28 GA, HC, AC, FL − 55.3–16.35 × (GA + HC + 2 × AC + FL) + 0.25838 × (GA + HC + 2 × AC + FL)2 [g, cm]
Schild I 29 femaleBPD, AC, FL − 4 035.275 + 1.143 × BPD3 + 1 159.878 × AC0.5 + 10.079 × FL3 − 81.277 × FL2 [g, cm]
Schild I 29 maleBPD, HC, AC, FL 1 913.853 × log10(BPD) + 0.01323 × HC3 + 55.532 × AC2 − 13 602.664 × AC0.5 − 0.721 × AC3 + 2.31 × FL3 [g, cm]
Schillinger 30 BPD, ATD 397.7 × BPD + ATD − 4 387 [g, cm]
Shepard 32 BPD, AC 10(− 1.7492 + 0.166 × BPD + 0.046 × AC − 0.002546 × AC × BPD) [kg,cm]
Shinozouka 33 BPD, AC, FL 1.07 × BPD3 + 3.42 × ATD2 × FL [g, cm]
Warsof 3 BPD, AC 10(− 1.599 + 0.144 × BPD + 0.032 × AC − 0.000111 × BPD² × AC) [kg, cm]
Woo 38 BPD, AC, FL 10(1,13705 + 0,15549 × BPD + 0.0464 × AC − 0.00279682 × BPD × AC + 0.037769 × FL − 0.000494529 × AC × FL) [g, cm]
Vinzeleos 36 BPD, AC 10(1.879 + 0.084 × BPD + 0.026 × AC) [g, cm]
Persson 23 BPD, AD, FL BPD0.972 × ([AD1 + AD2]/2)1.743 × FL0.367 × 10(− 2.646) [g, cm]
Schild II 39 HC, AC, FL 5 381.193 + 150.324 × HC + 2.069 × FL3 + 0.0232 × AC3 − 6 235.478 × LOG(HC) [g, cm]
Scott 31 HC, AC, FL 10(0.66 × LOG(HC) + 1.04 × LOG(AC) + 0.985 × LOG(FL)) [g, cm]
Siemer 34 BPD, AC, FL − 5 948.336 + 2 101.261 × LN(AC) + 15.613 × FL2 + 0.0577 × BPD3 [g, cm]
Thurnau 35 BPD, AC (9–337 × BPD × AC) − 229 [g, cm]
Weiner I 37 HC, AC, FL 10(1.6961 + 0.02253 × HC + 0.01645 × AC + 0.06439 × FL) [g, cm]
Weiner II 37 HC, AC 10(1.6575 + 0.04035 × HC + 0.01285 × AC) [g, cm]
Mielke I 24 BPD, ATD, FL e(3.067510 + 0.01677 × BPD + 0.000412 × ATD² + 0.040611 × FL − 0.000000006027957 × BPD² × ATD² − 0.000005086 × ATD² × FL) [g, cm]
Mielke II 25 BPD, ATD, FL e(3.704706 + 0.033276 × BPD + 0.000093048 × ATD² + 0.010570 × FL − 0.00000002477864 × BPD² × ATD² + 0.000002009 × ATD² × FL) [g,cm]