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Currently, different growth references are used across hospitals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study aims to compare the INTERGROWTH-21st standards with Fenton growth references regarding birth size classification and at the time of discharge in a sample of preterm infants in the UAE.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A retrospective single-center evaluation of medical records of infants born\u2009&lt;\u200937 weeks of gestation was conducted using data from 2018 to 2020. 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Ethical approvals were obtained from the Research Ethics Committee at the University of Sharjah (UOS) (Reference number: REC_20_05_20_01) and Dubai Scientific Research Ethics Committee at Dubai Health Authority (Reference number: DSREC-11\/2020-23). No identification information was collected to assure confidentiality and anonymity of participants. In consideration of the retrospective nature of the study, obtaining individual informed consent from subjects was not feasible. Therefore, a consent waiver was granted from the Research Ethics Committee at the University of Sharjah (UOS) (Reference number: REC_20_05_20_01) and Dubai Scientific Research Ethics Committee at Dubai Health Authority (Reference number: DSREC-11\/2020-23), following thorough review of the research protocol, recognizing the minimal risk posed using anonymized and de-identified data.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Ethics approval and consent to participate"}},{"value":"Not applicable.","order":3,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Consent for publication"}},{"value":"The authors declare no competing interests.","order":4,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Competing interests"}}],"article-number":"814"}}