ArticleThe journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians2009
Gross placental measures and childhood growth.
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- Sex-based differences in placental DNA methylation profiles related to gestational age: an NIH ECHO meta-analysis.Epigenetics · 2023Pooled it
- Maternal Characteristics Affect Fetal Growth Response in the Women First Preconception Nutrition Trial.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Associations of prenatal exposure to bisphenols and phthalates with the fetoplacental ratio in the New York University Children's Health and Environment Study (NYU CHES).Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2026Article
- Associations of birth size with BMI trajectories and fluctuation across adolescence and adulthood: A longitudinal study of two Finnish twin cohorts.Early human development · 2025Article
- Outcomes of dichorionic twin pregnancies with fused versus separate placentas.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Article
- Placental morphology in association with autism-related traits in the EARLI study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Fully Automated Placental Volume Quantification From 3D Ultrasound for Prediction of Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2022Article
- Towards Transabdominal Functional Photoacoustic Imaging of the Placenta: Improvement in Imaging Depth Through Optimization of Light Delivery.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2021Article
- Minimally interactive placenta segmentation from three-dimensional ultrasound images.Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.) · 2020Article
- Low-birthweight infants born to short-stature mothers are at additional risk of stunting and poor growth velocity: Evidence from secondary data analyses.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Article
- Placental Epigenetics in Children's Environmental Health.Seminars in reproductive medicine · 2016Review
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- Placental dysfunction and fetal programming: the importance of placental size, shape, histopathology, and molecular composition.Seminars in reproductive medicine · 2011Review
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Abstract
objectivesWe hypothesised that the gross placental measures would be positively associated with childhood growth.
methodsWe analysed data on 23,967 mother-infant pairs enrolled in the Collaborative Perinatal Project. In race-stratified regression models, the main outcomes were birthweight and z-score body-mass index (BMI) at ages 4 and 7.
resultsSome placental measures were significantly associated with z-score BMI at age 7: in Blacks, placental weight (beta = 0.0004/g; 95%CI: 0.0001, 0.0008), chorionic plate area (beta = 0.0007; 95%CI: 0.0001, 0.0012) and largest diameter (beta = 0.013; 95%CI: 0.004, 0.026); and in Whites placental weight (beta = 0.0004/g; 95%CI: 0.0001, 0.0003) and largest diameter (Model 3: beta = 0.020; 95%CI: 0.007, 0.032). Tested as group, placental measures significantly predicted z-score BMI at age 7 (all p values < 0.005).
conclusionsPlacental structure independently predicts birthweight and childhood growth. Strategies to improve placental structure might favourably influence birthweight and childhood development.
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