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Table 2 Weight (in grams) that might be ≤ − 2 SDS according to Bertino charts based on gestational age, sex and birth order calculated based on the formula: \( \mathrm{SDS}=\frac{{\left(\frac{y}{\mathrm{M}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)}\right)}^{\mathrm{L}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)}-1}{\mathrm{S}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)\times \mathrm{L}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)} \)

From: Practical tools to identify short children born small-for-gestational-age eligible for rhGH treatment according to Italian regulation

Gestational age

Firstborn males

Not-firstborn males

Firstborn females

Not-firstborn females

23

379

397

355

373

24

408

429

381

402

25

449

472

418

441

26

501

527

466

492

27

566

597

527

557

28

647

681

602

636

29

745

784

693

732

30

861

906

803

847

31

999

1049

933

983

32

1160

1217

1085

1142

33

1345

1409

1260

1324

34

1552

1625

1457

1529

35

1779

1860

1672

1753

36

2015

2105

1896

1986

37

2244

2344

2114

2213

38

2448

2555

2306

2414

39

2606

2720

2456

2570

40

2711

2830

2555

2673

41

2767

2889

2606

2729

42

2782

2905

2619

2742