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Table 3 Length (in centimeters) 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

26.3

26.6

25.8

26.1

24

27.4

27.7

26.9

27.2

25

28.6

28.9

28.1

28.3

26

29.8

30.1

29.3

29.5

27

31.1

31.4

30.5

30.8

28

32.4

32.7

31.8

32.1

29

33.7

34.1

33.1

33.4

30

35.1

35.5

34.5

34.8

31

36.5

36.9

35.9

36.2

32

38.0

38.4

37.3

37.7

33

39.5

39.8

38.7

39.1

34

40.9

41.3

40.1

40.5

35

42.3

42.7

41.5

41.9

36

43.6

44.0

42.8

43.2

37

44.8

45.2

44.0

44.4

38

45.8

46.3

45.0

45.4

39

46.7

47.1

45.8

46.3

40

47.3

47.8

46.4

46.9

41

47.8

48.2

46.9

47.4

42

48.0

48.4

47.1

47.5