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. 2020 Aug 26;20:492. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03183-5

Table 5.

Agreement and reliability of fetal biometrics z scores using Intergrowth 21st and Salomon equations in the third trimester

Anthropometrics Mean ± SD p-value* Median (IQR) p-value Range
Biparietal diameter
 Intergrowth 21 −0.91 ± 0.70 −0.89 (−1.31; −0.44) −2.62; 0.78
 Salomon − 0.53 ± 0.64 −0.49 (− 0.90; − 0.11) −2.10; 1.00
 Difference −0.39 ± 0.07 <  0.001 −0.38 (− 0.44; − 0.34) <  0.001 −0.53; − 0.22
 LOA −0.52; − 0.25
 ICC 0.85
Abdominal circumference
 Intergrowth 21 0.81 ± 0.71 0.75 (0.29; 1.21) −0.95; 2.89
 Salomon 0.35 ± 0.43 0.36 (0.02; 0.63) −0.68; 1.45
 Difference 0.45 ± 0.31 <  0.001 0.37 (0.25; 0.64) <  0.001 −0.27; 1.48
 LOA −0.16; 1.07
 ICC 0.66
Head circumference
 Intergrowth 21 0.76 ± 0.70 0.70 (0.39; 1.21) −0.87; 2.49
 Salomon 0.85 ± 0.48 0.79 (0.58; 1.17) −0.28; 2.05
 Difference −0.09 ± 0.22 <  0.001 − 0.09 (− 0.18; 0.07) 0.001 −0.59; 0.44
 LOA −0.52; 0.35
 ICC 0.92
Femur length
 Intergrowth 21 1.09 ± 1.15 1.15 (0.53; 1.75) −2.44; 3.55
 Salomon 0.07 ± 0.90 0.13 (−0.38; 0.55) − 2.54; 2.02
 Difference 1.02 ± 0.26 <  0.001 1.04 (0.91; 1.16) <  0.001 0.10; 1.53
 LOA 0.50; 1.53
 ICC 0.65

* Paired t test p value

† Wilcoxon signed ranks test p value

LOA limits of agreement, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient