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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: BJOG. 2017 Jan 31;125(2):131–138. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14493

Table 3. Cause of Stillbirth by Signs of Maceration.

Signs of Maceration
Macerated Non-Macerated Unknown
Stillbirths, N (%) 891 1,920 22
Cause of Stillbirth by Algorithm, N (%)
 Congenital Anomaly 96 (10.8) 138 (7.2) 3 (1.2)
 Infection 288 (32.3) 310 (16.1) 5 (22.7)
 Asphyxia 250 (28.1) 1,063 (55.4) 8 (0.6)
 Prematurity 0 (0.0) 187 (9.7) 0 (0.0)
 Unknown 266 (30.1) 227 (11.8) 6 (1.2)