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Histogram of baseline fetal heart rate values

(A) Training data. (B) Validation data. (C) All data. Red bars comprise 25th to 75th percentile, red and green ones 12.5th to 87.5th percentile, red, green and yellow bars 5th to 95th percentile and all bars except white ones comprise 2.5th to 97.5th percentile.

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