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Maternal Parameters Associated with Birth Weight and Placental Weight in Sri Lankan Mothers
(University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2001-11-16) Dissanayake, S. B. A.; Amarasinghe, W. I.; Ratnatunge, N.; Goonasekara, C. D. A.
It is difficult to define nutritional parameters in pregnancy to assess foetal and placental growth. Nutrition affects the mother, baby and placenta in different ways. Furthermore, there are other factors that affect the birth weight and placental weight independent of nutrition. In this paper various maternal parameters that determine the birth weight and placental weight were analyzed. Parity (r= 0.121 p<0.035), age of the mother (r= 0.133 p<0.021), height (r= 0.237 p0.720) did not correlate with birth weight. Parity (r= 0.118 p<0.040), weight in early pregnancy (r= 0.238 p0.160), height (r= 0.092 p>O.llO), and weight gain in pregnancy (r= 0.040 p>0.54S) diastolic BP(r= -O.OSIp>0.161) and maternal haemoglobin (r= -0.158 p>0.131 did not correlate with placental weight. Only, systolic BP (r= -0.121 p<0.036) negatively correlated with placental weight. Placental weight significantly correlated with birth weight(r= 0.662 p