FETOPLACENTAL RATIO and Small for Gestational Age. SER/SPER poster 2014

Presentation Date: 

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Location: 

Seattle

Presentation Slides: 

Higher placental weight has been described as an adaptive mechanism to fetal hypoxia in small for gestational age (SGA) infants. However, placental weight alone may not be a good marker reflecting intrauterine growth restriction. Thus, we examined the extent to which fetoplacental ratio (FPR), defined as the ratio between birth-weight and placental weight, was associated with the risk of delivering SGA infants after adjustment for maternal smoking, iron deficiency anemia and choriodecidual necrosis as surrogates of fetal hypoxia.