Placental thickness-to-estimated foetal weight ratios and small-for-gestational-age infants at delivery
- Authors
- Ahn, Ki Hoon; Lee, Joo Hak; Cho, Geum Joon; Hong, Soon-Cheol; Oh, Min-Jeong; Kim, Hai-Joong
- Issue Date
- Oct-2017
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
- Keywords
- Placental thickness; foetal body weight; small-for-gestational-age; infant; midterm; ultrasonography
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, v.37, no.7, pp 883 - 887
- Pages
- 5
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
- Volume
- 37
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 883
- End Page
- 887
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/4568
- DOI
- 10.1080/01443615.2017.1312306
- ISSN
- 0144-3615
1364-6893
- Abstract
- This study aimed to determine the correlation between the placental thickness-to-estimated foetal weight ratio on midterm ultrasonography and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants. In this retrospective study, the placental thickness at the umbilical cord insertion site was measured and adjusted for foetal body weight at 18-24 weeks gestation. Investigators compared the data of women who delivered SGA infants (birth weight <10th percentile) with those of women who delivered non-SGA infants. Among the 1281 women in this study, those who delivered SGA infants were younger and less likely to be obese. Women with higher placental thickness-to-estimated foetal weight ratios delivered more SGA infants. In logistic regression analysis, a higher placental thickness-to-estimated foetal weight ratio remained associated with SGA infants. Since the placental thickness-to-estimated foetal weight ratio in midterm pregnancy was associated with infant body weight at delivery, this ratio could be an effective, adjunctive screening marker for predicting SGA status.
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