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Associations Between the Features of Gross Placental Morphology and Birthweight.


ABSTRACT: The placenta plays a critical role in regulating fetal growth. Recent studies suggest that there may be sex-specific differences in placental development. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the associations between birthweight and placental morphology in models adjusted for covariates and to assess sex-specific differences in these associations. We analyzed data from the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network's population-based case-control study conducted between 2006 and 2008, which recruited cases of stillbirth and population-based controls in 5 states. Our analysis was restricted to singleton live births with a placental examination (n?=?1229). Characteristics of placental morphology evaluated include thickness, surface area, difference in diameters, shape, and umbilical cord insertion site. We used linear regression to model birthweight as a function of placental morphology and covariates. Surface area had the greatest association with birthweight; a reduction in surface area of 83?cm2, which reflects the interquartile range, is associated with a 260.2-g reduction in birthweight (95% confidence interval, -299.9 to -220.6), after adjustment for other features of placental morphology and covariates. Reduced placental thickness was also associated with lower birthweight. These associations did not differ between males and females. Our results suggest that reduced placental thickness and surface area are independently associated with lower birthweight and that these relationships are not related to sex.

SUBMITTER: Freedman AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6335186 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Associations Between the Features of Gross Placental Morphology and Birthweight.

Freedman Alexa A AA   Hogue Carol J CJ   Marsit Carmen J CJ   Rajakumar Augustine A   Smith Alicia K AK   Goldenberg Robert L RL   Dudley Donald J DJ   Saade George R GR   Silver Robert M RM   Gibbins Karen J KJ   Stoll Barbara J BJ   Bukowski Radek R   Drews-Botsch Carolyn C  

Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society 20180716 3


The placenta plays a critical role in regulating fetal growth. Recent studies suggest that there may be sex-specific differences in placental development. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the associations between birthweight and placental morphology in models adjusted for covariates and to assess sex-specific differences in these associations. We analyzed data from the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network's population-based case-control study conducted between 2006 and 2008, which r  ...[more]

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