Table 2.

Conditions that could have been associated with the intrauterine death, as reported in the medical records of the women

Class of Pathology	Pathology	N	% over 278 IUFDs
Fetus	Congenital anomalies incompatible with life	7	2.5
	Chronic infections (i.e. TORCH Syndrome)	4	1.4
	Acute infections	21	7.6
	Non-immune fetal hydrops	5	1.8
	Isoimmunization	1	0.4
	Feto-maternal transfusion	0	0.0
	Feto-fetal transfusion syndrome	1	0.4
	Fetal Growth Restriction	43	15.5
Placenta	Placental abruption	36	12.9
Amniotic Fluid	Chorioamnionitis	32	11.5
Uterus	Uterine Rupture	2	0.7
Maternal o Mother	Diabetes	29	10.4
	Essential hypertension	14	5.0
	Pre-eclampsia	27	9.7
	Lupus/Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome	4	1.4
	Cholestasis	5	1.8
	Alcohol abuse	1	0.4
	Smoking Abuse (> 5 cigarettes/day)	6	2.2
	Drug addiction	1	0.4
During delivery	Asphyxia	9	3.2
	Total conditions reported	248

The 248 conditions were reported for 162 IUFD cases. In addition, at least another 30 fetuses with no other condition were small for gestational age (SGA), while we did not have information on SGA on other 20 cases. The remaining 79 cases did not present any condition and were not SGA