Table 1.
Patient characteristics | FGR-affected∗ (n = 18) |
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Fetal birthweight | |
<10th centile | 18 (100%) |
<3rd centile | 11 (61%) |
| |
Fetal growth pattern (HC : AC ratio) | |
Asymmetrical (≥1.2) | 10 (56%) |
Symmetrical (<1.2) | 8 (44%) |
| |
Amniotic fluid index | |
Abnormal (≤7) | 9 (50%) |
Normal (>7) | 9 (50%) |
| |
Umbilical artery Doppler | |
Abnormal (S : D ratio > 95th percentile or absent EDF) | 8 (44%) |
Normal (S : D ratio < 95th percentile) | 10 (56%) |
| |
Fetal growth trajectory | |
Significantly impaired (≥30% drop during the third trimester) | 2 (11%) |
Adequate (<30% deviation) | 16 (89%) |
| |
Maternal factors | |
Gestational diabetes | 1 (6%) |
Preeclampsia | 1 (6%) |
Chronic hypertension | 1 (6%) |
Smoking | 5 (28%) |
Alcohol abuse | 1 (6%) |
HC : AC: head circumference : abdominal circumference ratio.
S : D: systolic : diastolic ratio.
EDF: end-diastolic flow.
∗Patients may fulfil more than one category.