Term: Small-for-gestational-age (SGA)

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2009-02-12

Definition:

Infants that are at or below the 10th percentile in birth weight, from an infant population of the same sex and gestational age. For more detailed information, see Kramer et al. (2001) in the concept titled Size for Gestational Age.

Related concepts 

• Early Development Instrument (EDI) Outcomes
• Maternal and Newborn Health Status Indicators
• Size for Gestational Age

Related terms 

• Appropriate-for-Gestational-Age (AGA)
• Breastfeeding Initiation
• Gestational Age
• Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
• Large-for-gestational-age (LGA)
• Neonatal Special Care Unit (SCU) / Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Admission
• Preterm Birth
• Size for Gestational Age

References 

• Kramer MS, Platt RW, Wen SW, Joseph, KS, Allen A, Abrahamowicz M, Blondel B, Bréart G, Fetal/Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System. A new and improved population-based Canadian reference for birth weight for gestational age. Pediatrics 2001;108(2):1-7. [Abstract] (View)

Term used in 

• Brownell M, De Coster C, Penfold R, Derksen S, Au W, Schultz J, Dahl M. Manitoba Child Health Atlas Update. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2008. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Fransoo R, Mahar A, The Need to Know Team, Anderson A, Prior H, Koseva I, McCulloch S, Jarmasz J, Burchill S. The 2019 RHA Indicators Atlas. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2019. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Heaman M, Kingston D, Helewa M, Brownell M, Derksen S, Bogdanovic B, McGowan K, Bailly A. Perinatal Services and Outcomes in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] (View)
• Ruth C, Brownell M, Isbister J, MacWilliam L, Gammon H, Singal D, Soodeen R, McGowan K, Kulbaba C, Boriskewich E. Long-Term Outcomes Of Manitoba's Insight Mentoring Program: A Comparative Statistical Analysis . Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2015. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Santos R, Brownell M, Ekuma O, Mayer T, Soodeen R-A. The Early Development Instrument (EDI) in Manitoba: Linking Socioeconomic Adversity and Biological Vulnerability at Birth to Children's Outcomes at Age 5. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] (View)