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All fetuses underwent biometry and Doppler examinations within 2\u2009weeks of delivery. The influences of fetal gender and ethnicity, gestational age (GA) at delivery, cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) and maternal age, height, weight and parity on BW were evaluated by multivariable regression analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fetuses born in Sri Lanka were smaller than those born in Spain (mean BW\u2009=\u20093026\u2009\u00b1\u2009449\u2009g <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic> 3295\u2009\u00b1\u2009444\u2009g; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Multivariable regression analysis demonstrated that GA at delivery, maternal weight, CPR, maternal height and fetal gender (estimates\u2009=\u20090.168, <jats:italic>P\u2009&lt;<\/jats:italic>\u00a00.001; 0.006, <jats:italic>P\u2009&lt;<\/jats:italic>\u00a00.001; 0.092, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003; 0.009, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.002; 0.081, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01, respectively) were associated significantly with BW. Conversely, no significant association was noted for maternal ethnicity, age or parity (estimates\u2009=\u2009\u22120.010, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.831; 0.005, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.127; 0.035, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.086, respectively). The findings were unchanged when the analysis was repeated using INTERGROWTH\u201021<jats:sup>st<\/jats:sup>  fetal weight centiles instead of BW (log odds, \u22120.175, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.170 and 0.321, <jats:italic>P\u2009&lt;<\/jats:italic>\u00a00.001, respectively for ethnicity and CPR).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fetal BW variation at term is less dependent on ethnic origin and better explained by placental dysfunction. Copyright \u00a9 2018 ISUOG. 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