Research Article
Placental Anthropometric Features: Maternal and Neonate Characteristics in North Central Nigeria
Table 3
Showing placental diameter, Apgar score, and cord length.
| | Data | Control normal pregnancy | Microsomic cases | value |
| | Apgar score (mean) 5 (mins) | 9.5 ± 0.7 | 7.2 ± 2.9 | 0.000 | | Average placental weight (g) | 529 | 311 ± 48 | 0.000 | | Umbilical cord length (cm) | 53.1 ± 22.6 | 24.8 ± 1.0 | 0.000 | | Placental diameter (cm) | 17.3 ± 1.6 | 14.1 ± 2.53 | 0.000 |
| | Parameter | Number | % (percentage) | value |
| | Apgar at 5 mins | | | | | ≤6 | 5 | 1.6 | <0.05 | | >6 | 295 | 98.4 | <0.05 | | Incubation/NICU | | | | | No | 284 | 94.6 | <0.05 | | Yes | 16 | 5.4 | <0.05 |
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