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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Dis Child. 2019 Dec 13;105(5):428–432. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317678

Table 2.

Number and prevalence of babies with microcephaly by INTERGROWTH-21st standards, SIP, Uruguay

Z- score
Percentile
<2 sD <3 sD <3rd percentile Mean Median Mean Median




N (%) N (%) N (%)

Complete data on HC and gestational week (n=255 515) 3428 (1.34) 399 (0.16) 3772 (1.48) 0.82 0.84 69.9 80.0
Implausible values removed* 3370 (1.33) 360 (0.14) 3711 (1.46) 0.77 0.84 69.7 80.0
HC+0.5 cm* 1737 (0.69) 252 (0.10) 2167 (0.85) 1.06 1.09 76.0 86.2
HC−0.5 cm* 8166 (3.22) 1056 (0.42) 10 081 (3.98) 0.24 0.24 56.2 59.4
GA+4 days 5718 (2.26) 720 (0.28) 7147 (2.82) 0.48 0.48 62.2 68.6
*

Dataset limited to those with head circumference within 5 SD of the mean (n=253 452). GA, gestational age; HC, head circumference; SIP, perinatal computer system.