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Could Ultrasonographic Measurements of the Umbilical Cord be a Predictor of Birth Weight? A Health Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study.
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Background: Factors such as maternal demographics, anthropometrics, health status, and lifestyle are known to have direct associations with newborn birth weight. However, there is an indication that umbilical cord size measured using ultrasonography could potentially be a predictor of birth weight. This study, therefore, aimed to investigate the relationship between umbilical cord measurements and birth weight in Ghana. Method: A prospective, cross-sectional, quantitative approach was adopted for this study. A total of 107 patients were purposively sampled with an attrition rate of 9.3%, leading to 97 (90.7%) partaking in the study, aged between 17 and 41 years. The patients were recruited between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation during their routine antenatal care visit. Data was collected using a data sheet with some key parameters recorded, being: maternal age, gravida, parity, umbilical cord diameter (UCD), umbilical cord circumference (UCC) and umbilical cord area (UCA), which were manually entered into the IBM SPSS version 26. Results: The mean age recorded was 29.59 ± 4.83 years. The mean UCD, UCC and UCA were 1.53 ± 0.19 cm, 5.57 ± 0.41 cm and 1.86 ± 0.47 cm Conclusion: The results suggest that umbilical cord size could be an important marker for fetal weight estimation. However, the less diverse small sample size and single-centre design of the study limit the generalizability of the findings.
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