Evaluation of antenatal factors affecting placental weight in term pregnancies

Authors : Özlem DÜLGER, Cihan ÇETİN, Usame Ömer OSMANOĞLU

Pages : 62-67

Doi:10.58961/hmj.1295505

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Publication Date : 2023-08-21

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :ABSTRACT: Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether various antenatal factors affect placental weight in term pregnant women who gave birth vaginally. Materials and Methods: This observational study was conducted between January and August 2022 in Karaman Training and Research Hospital. Six hundred and thirty parturients after thirtyseventh gestational week with vaginal delivery were enrolled to this study. The maternal age, parity, body mass index, chronic diseases, and placental weight, weight, length and gender of he newborns were documented. Primary outcome of this study was to evaluate the factors such as age, body mass index, parity, anemia and chronic disesase of mothers and weight of the newborns that may affect placental mass. Assessment of the influence of gender as well as tobacco usage during pregnancy was a secondary outcome of this study. Linear regression analyses with Enter methos was applied while evaluating the factors affecting placental weight. Results: As we evaluated the findings of the study, we found that birth weight and parity had a statistically significant influence on placental weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>0,001 and p=0,024 ,respectively);. In primipar pregnants , the average weight of the placenta was 580 grams, whereas it was 600 grams in multiparas insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0,008);. Only gestational diabetes was shown to have a significant effect on placental weight when 13 disease categories were investigated insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0,024);.Body mass index of mothers , maternal anemia with hemoglobin level ≤11 gr/dL and smoking habitus had no effect on placental weight. Conclusion: The results of this study support , parity , birthweight of the newborn and gestational diabetes mellitus are critical factors affecting placental weight.
Keywords : doğum ağırlığı, kronik hastalık, cinsiyet, gebe