Impact of SGA, AGA, and LGA birthweight subclassification on NICU mortality risk identification: a cohort study.

Authors

A Nicole Ferguson, Joseph R Stanton, Brandi D Jones, Irene E Olsen, Reese H Clark, Joe Bible, Matthew Reith, Jessica G Woo

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Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. Sep 26, 2026. Epub Sep 26, 2026.

Abstract

To assess whether subdividing small (SGA, <10th), appropriate (AGA, 10th-90th), and large (LGA, >90th percentile) for gestational age (GA) birthweight classifications improves mortality risk estimation among preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Data from 25,779 singleton inborn NICU infants (24-30 weeks GA) from the Pediatrix Clinical Data Warehouse (2013-2018) were analyzed. Infant birthweights were subclassified into 12 subgroups (extremely SGA [eSGA], <3rd; moderately SGA [mSGA], 3rd-<10th, 8 AGA categories [3-AGA to 9-AGA]; mLGA, >90th-97th; eLGA, >97th percentile). Mortality probability by birthweight category was modeled using logistic regression.
Mortality probability was higher for infants classified as eSGA (28.9%, 95% CI [26.4-31.4%]) than mSGA (9.9% [8.7-11.3%]). Smaller AGA infants had higher mortality than larger AGA infants (e.g., 3-AGA: 8.5% [7.5-9.7%] vs. 9-AGA: 5.0% [4.2-5.9%]). Subdividing LGA provided no additional information.
Subdivision of SGA and AGA birthweight categories may improve mortality risk prediction among premature infants.

PMID:
42800814
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 27 Sep 2026.

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