CORRELATION OF UMBILICAL CORD CROSS SECTIONAL AREA WITH BIRTH WEIGHT
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INTRODUCTION: Over the years, clinical, laboratory and ultrasonographic measurements have been used to estimate foetal weight and studied by various authors.This study is aimed to evaluate the correlation between umbilical cord cross-sectional area with birth weight and to compare large cross-sectional area of umbilical cord with macrosomia.
AIM: To correlate fetal umbilical cord cross-sectional area with birth weight.To compare large cross-sectional area of the umbilical cord with macrosomia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Umbilical cord cross-sectional area of 250 antenatal women was evaluated from 34 weeks of gestational age. The outcome measured was birth weight. Weight of newborn was measured immediately after birth. Macrosomia was defined as birth weight >90th percentile in the study group. Descriptive statistical analysis has been carried out in the present study.
RESULTS: Out of 250 antenatal women who were recruited for the study primigravida, multigravidas were 49.6% and 50.40% respectively. there were a total of 25 (10.0%) cases in the lean cord, 13 (5.2%) in the large cord group and 212 (84.8%) in the normal cord group. The study showed that as umbilical cord cross-sectional area increases, mean birth weight also increases.
CONCLUSION: There is a positive correlation between umbilical cord cross-sectional area and birth weight. As umbilical cord cross-sectional area increases, there is increase in mean birth weight.