Table 4 Percentile reference values of birth length (in cm) for Chinese newborn infants aged 24–42 weeks.

24

26.9

28.3

29.7

31.2

32.6

33.8

35.0

26.9

28.2

29.4

30.6

31.8

32.8

33.7

25

28.1

29.6

31.0

32.5

34.0

35.3

36.5

28.0

29.4

30.6

32.0

33.2

34.2

35.2

26

29.2

30.8

32.3

33.9

35.4

36.7

38.0

29.1

30.6

31.9

33.3

34.7

35.8

36.8

27

30.5

32.1

33.7

35.3

36.9

38.3

39.6

30.2

31.8

33.2

34.7

36.2

37.4

38.5

28

31.7

33.4

35.1

36.8

38.4

39.8

41.2

31.4

33.0

34.6

36.2

37.7

39.0

40.2

29

33.0

34.8

36.5

38.2

39.9

41.3

42.7

32.5

34.3

35.9

37.6

39.2

40.5

41.8

30

34.3

36.2

37.9

39.7

41.4

42.8

44.2

33.8

35.6

37.3

39.0

40.7

42.1

43.4

31

35.7

37.7

39.4

41.2

42.8

44.3

45.6

35.1

36.9

38.6

40.4

42.1

43.5

44.9

32

37.2

39.1

40.9

42.6

44.3

45.6

47.0

36.4

38.3

40.0

41.8

43.5

44.9

46.3

33

38.7

40.7

42.4

44.1

45.6

46.9

48.3

37.8

39.7

41.4

43.2

44.9

46.3

47.6

34

40.2

42.2

43.8

45.4

46.8

48.2

49.5

39.3

41.2

42.9

44.6

46.2

47.5

48.7

35

41.8

43.6

45.2

46.6

48.0

49.2

50.7

40.8

42.7

44.3

45.9

47.4

48.6

50.0

36

43.2

45.0

46.4

47.7

49.0

50.4

51.8

42.4

44.1

45.7

47.1

48.5

49.6

50.9

37

44.4

46.2

47.5

48.7

49.8

51.2

52.9

43.7

45.3

46.9

48.2

49.4

50.4

51.9

38

45.6

47.3

48.5

49.5

50.6

52.1

53.7

44.8

46.4

47.9

49.1

50.1

51.1

52.6

39

46.5

48.2

49.3

50.3

51.2

52.6

54.4

45.8

47.3

48.7

49.9

50.7

51.7

53.2

40

47.3

48.9

49.8

50.8

51.7

53.1

54.9

46.5

48.1

49.4

50.4

51.3

52.3

53.7

41

47.9

49.4

50.2

51.2

52.1

53.5

55.3

47.1

48.7

49.8

50.9

51.7

52.6

54.2

42

48.3

49.7

50.5

51.4

52.4

53.8

55.6

47.6

49.2

50.1

51.2

52.0

53.0

54.5