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The weight L, M and S parameters of the Fenton growth chart

Weeks L M S
22 1.0 0.481 0.156
23 1.0 0.575 0.170
24 1.0 0.670 0.183
25 1.0 0.770 0.198
26 1.0 0.877 0.212
27 1.0 0.995 0.222
28 1.0 1.128 0.228
29 1.0 1.277 0.230
30 1.0 1.446 0.228
31 1.0 1.635 0.222
32 1.0 1.846 0.211
33 1.0 2.073 0.199
34 1.0 2.309 0.186
35 1.0 2.553 0.174
36 1.0 2.796 0.162
37 1.0 2.992 0.157
38 1.0 3.188 0.153
39 1.0 3.384 0.149
40 1.0 3.581 0.146
41 1.0 3.757 0.145
42 1.0 3.927 0.144
43 1.0 4.099 0.142
44 1.0 4.271 0.140
45 1.0 4.453 0.138
46 1.0 4.618 0.137
47 1.0 4.799 0.135
48 1.0 4.976 0.133
49 1.0 5.147 0.131
50 1.0 5.305 0.132

Z = (Measurement / M)^L - 1
L*S
The length L, M and S parameters of the Fenton growth chart

Weeks L M S
22 1.0 28.720 0.079
23 1.0 30.303 0.076
24 1.0 31.893 0.073
25 1.0 33.372 0.071
26 1.0 34.851 0.069
27 1.0 36.330 0.067
28 1.0 37.809 0.065
29 1.0 39.103 0.063
30 1.0 40.398 0.060
31 1.0 41.693 0.058
32 1.0 42.987 0.056
33 1.0 44.042 0.054
34 1.0 45.098 0.051
35 1.0 46.155 0.049
36 1.0 47.212 0.047
37 1.0 48.190 0.046
38 1.0 49.168 0.045
39 1.0 50.146 0.044
40 1.0 51.114 0.043
41 1.0 51.859 0.043
42 1.0 52.693 0.043
43 1.0 53.469 0.043
44 1.0 54.238 0.042
45 1.0 54.960 0.042
46 1.0 55.681 0.042
47 1.0 56.437 0.041
48 1.0 57.103 0.041
49 1.0 57.679 0.042
50 1.0 58.301 0.041

Z = (Measurement / M)^L - 1
L*S
The head circumference L, M and S parameters of the Fenton growth chart

Weeks L M S
22 1.5 19.734 0.071
23 1.5 20.875 0.069
24 1.5 22.017 0.067
25 1.5 23.094 0.065
26 1.5 24.172 0.063
27 1.5 25.249 0.061
28 1.5 26.327 0.060
29 1.5 27.200 0.058
30 1.5 28.074 0.056
31 1.5 28.947 0.055
32 1.5 29.821 0.053
33 1.5 30.569 0.052
34 1.5 31.317 0.051
35 1.5 32.065 0.050
36 1.5 32.812 0.049
37 1.5 33.421 0.049
38 1.5 34.031 0.049
39 1.5 34.640 0.049
40 1.5 35.232 0.048
41 1.5 35.842 0.047
42 1.5 36.421 0.045
43 1.5 37.023 0.044
44 1.5 37.578 0.043
45 1.5 38.027 0.041
46 1.5 38.450 0.040
47 1.5 38.833 0.039
48 1.5 39.188 0.039
49 1.5 39.547 0.039
50 1.5 39.805 0.038

Z = (Measurement / M)^L - 1
L*S
Table for converting Z-scores to percentiles

z-score percentile z-score percentile z-score percentile


-2.33 1 -0.41 34 0.44 67
-2.05 2 -0.39 35 0.47 68
-1.88 3 -0.36 36 0.50 69
-1.75 4 -0.33 37 0.52 70
-1.64 5 -0.31 38 0.55 71
-1.55 6 -0.28 39 0.58 72
-1.48 7 -0.25 40 0.61 73
-1.41 8 -0.23 41 0.64 74
-1.34 9 -0.20 42 0.67 75
-1.28 10 -0.18 43 0.71 76
-1.23 11 -0.15 44 0.74 77
-1.17 12 -0.13 45 0.77 78
-1.13 13 -0.10 46 0.81 79
-1.08 14 -0.08 47 0.84 80
-1.04 15 -0.05 48 0.88 81
-0.99 16 -0.03 49 0.92 82
-0.95 17 0.00 50 0.95 83
-0.92 18 0.03 51 0.99 84
-0.88 19 0.05 52 1.04 85
-0.84 20 0.08 53 1.08 86
-0.81 21 0.10 54 1.13 87
-0.77 22 0.13 55 1.17 88
-0.74 23 0.15 56 1.23 89
-0.71 24 0.18 57 1.28 90
-0.67 25 0.20 58 1.34 91
-0.64 26 0.23 59 1.41 92
-0.61 27 0.25 60 1.48 93
-0.58 28 0.28 61 1.55 94
-0.55 29 0.31 62 1.64 95
-0.52 30 0.33 63 1.75 96
-0.50 31 0.36 64 1.88 97
-0.47 32 0.39 65 2.05 98
-0.44 33 0.41 66 2.33 99

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