Association between fetal sex, birthweight percentile and adverse pregnancy outcome

ConclusionsSmall for gestation males have an increased risk of antepartum death and all males born after 32+0 weeks of gestation have an increased risk of neonatal morbidity compared to females. In contrast to findings in previous studies we found no increased risk of antepartum, intrapartum/neonatal and perinatal death in normal weight and large for gestation males born after 28+0 weeks.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica - August 18, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: Bart Jan Voskamp, Myrthe J.C.S. Peelen, Anita C.J. Ravelli, Robin van der Lee, Ben W.J. Mol, Eva Pajkrt, Wessel Ganzevoort, Brenda M. Kazemier Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research