Maternal factors, ultrasound and placental function parameters in early pregnancy as predictors of birth weight in low-risk populations and among patients with pre-gestational diabetes
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of our work was to assess the usefulness of maternal factors, ultrasound and placental function parameters during early pregnancy as predictors of birth weight in populations of healthy pregnant women and women suffering from pregestational diabetes.
Material and methods: A study group comprised 97 healthy women and 160 women with pregestational diabetes (PGDM, type 1), all in singleton pregnancy. Ultrasound examination was performed between weeks 11 and 14, and in weeks 20 and 30 of gestation, based on recommendations of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Ultrasonography Division. We also checked uterine artery blood flow parameters. During the first trimester consultation, all patients were surveyed and the following data were collected: age, BMI, reproductive history, comorbidities and smoking. We also collected blood samples and assessed PlGF, PAPP-A, and BhCG levels.
Results: Our study showed that newborn birth weight negatively correlated with mother’s age, her diastolic blood pressure, PI of her uterine arteries and BhCG protein levels. Moreover, birth weight directly correlated with PlGF and PAPPA-A protein levels, and maternal early-pregnancy BMI.
Conclusions: LGA diagnosis in the first trimester of pregnancy allows for selection and modification of some risk factors and closer monitoring of endangered fetuses throughout the pregnancy, with emphasis on the perinatal period. Parameters with confirmed usefulness in the prediction of birth weight in the first trimester included: maternal age, BMI, blood pressure, PAPP-A, BhCG and PlGF levels, fetal CRL and uterine artery PI.
Keywords: birth weightpre-existing diabetesmacrosomiaLGASGA
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