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Population-Based Placental Weight Ratio Distributions And Determinants Of Placental Weight Ratios, Erin M. Macdonald
Population-Based Placental Weight Ratio Distributions And Determinants Of Placental Weight Ratios, Erin M. Macdonald
Erin M Macdonald
The placental weight ratio (PWR) is a common proxy for the balance between fetal and placental growth, and is defined as the placental weight over the birth weight. The objectives were (1a) to establish PWR distributions by gestational age for the overall population and (1b) for small, average and large for gestational age infants (SGA, AGA, LGA) and (2) to determine what pregnancy related conditions were associated with the PWR. The data were obtained using a hospital based retrospective cohort. Nonparametric quantile regression was used for the first and multinomial logistic regression for the second objective. The results show how …