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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Feb;131(2):336–343. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002421

Table 3.

Potentially preventable cases of stillbirth by gestational age

24 0/7 – 27 6/7 weeks
n cases (%)*
28 0/7 – 31 6/7 weeks
n cases (%)*
32 0/7 – 36 6/7 weeks
n cases (%)*
37 0/7 – 41 6/7 weeks
n cases (%)*
P-value
Total 22 (19.3%) 21 (18.4%) 32 (28.1%) 39 (34.2%)

Maternal medical complications 6 (5.3%) 7 (6.1%) 10 (8.8%) 8 (7.0%) 0.67
 Chronic HTN 3 (2.6%) 6 (5.3%) 4 (3.5%) 0 (0%)
 Diabetes Mellitus 2 (1.8%) 1 (0.9%) 4 (3.5%) 6 (5.3%)
 APS 2 (1.8%) 0 (0%) 2 (1.8%) 2 (1.8%)
Placental Insufficiency 14 (12.3%) 12 (10.5%) 18 (15.8%) 21 (18.4%) 0.91
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 5 (4.4%) 5 (4.4%) 5 (4.4%) 5 (4.4%) 0.64
 Gestational HTN 3 (2.6%) 0 (0%) 2 (1.8%) 2 (1.8%)
 Pre-eclampsia 2 (1.8%) 5 (4.4%) 3 (2.6%) 3 (2.6%)
Multiple gestation 1 (0.9%) 1 (0.9%) 1 (0.9%) 1 (0.9%) 0.96
Preterm birth 5 (4.4%) 1 (0.9%) 3 (2.6%) 7 (6.1%) 0.27
 PPROM or PTL§ 2 (1.8%) 1 (0.9%) 1 (0.9%) 0 (0%)
 Infection 3 (2.6%) 0 (0%) 2 (1.8%) 7 (6.1%)
Intrapartum 3 (2.6%) 0 (0%) 4 (3.5%) 2 (1.8%) 0.92
*

: Percentage of potentially preventable stillbirths

: Hypertension

: Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

§

: Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes or Preterm labor

: N = 114 potentially preventable stillbirth cases as denominator for percentage calculation