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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Placenta. 2021 Dec 15;117:194–199. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2021.12.014

Table 2.

Placental characteristics and risk of maternal all-cause mortality, CPP Mortality Linkage Study

Model HR (95% CI) (n=33,366) HR (95% CI) (n=28,944)¥
Placental Weight (per SD) 1 1.04 (1.02,1.06) 1.03 (1.01,1.05)
2 0.99 (0.98,1.01) 0.99 (0.97,1.01)
3 1.05 (1.02,1.07) 1.05 (1.02,1.07)
4 1.05 (1.02,1.07) 1.05 (1.02,1.07)
Placenta to birthweight ratio (per SD) 1 1.07 (1.04,1.09) 1.06 (1.04,1.09)
2 1.04 (1.01,1.07) 1.04 (1.02,1.06)
3* 1.03 (1.01,1.05) 1.03 (1.01,1.05)
4* 1.03 (1.01,1.05) 1.03 (1.01,1.05)
Largest to smallest diameter (per SD) 1 1.03 (1.01,1.05) 1.02 (1.00,1.04)
2 1.01 (1.00,1.03) 1.01 (0.99,1.03)
3 1.01 (1.00,1.03) 1.01 (0.99,1.03)
4 1.01 (1.00,1.03) 1.01 (0.99,1.03)
Thickness (per SD) 1 0.96 (0.94,0.98) 0.95 (0.94,0.97)
2 0.99 (0.98,1.01) 1.00 (0.98,1.02)
3 1.00 (0.99,1.02) 1.01 (0.99,1.03)
4 1.00 (0.99,1.02) 1.01 (0.99,1.03)
Placental Indices **
Overall composite 1 1.07 (1.02,1.12) 1.05 (1.00,1.11)
2 1.04 (0.99,1.10) 1.04 (0.98,1.10)
3 1.03 (0.98,1.08) 1.02 (0.97,1.08)
4 1.03 (0.98,1.08) 1.02 (0.97,1.08)
Inflammation related 1 1.15 (1.10,1.20) 1.16 (1.11,1.22)
2 1.03 (0.99,1.08) 1.05 (1.00,1.11)
3 1.01 (0.97,1.06) 1.03 (0.98,1.09)
4 1.01 (0.97,1.06) 1.03 (0.98,1.09)
Hemorrhage related 1 1.00 (0.94,1.06) 0.98 (0.93,1.05)
2 1.00 (0.94,1.06) 1.00 (0.94,1.07)
3 0.98 (0.93,1.04) 0.99 (0.92,1.05)
4 0.98 (0.93,1.04) 0.99 (0.92,1.05)
Hypoxia related 1 0.98 (0.93,1.03) 0.97 (0.92,1.02)
2 1.03 (0.98,1.08) 1.03 (0.97,1.08)
3 1.03 (0.98,1.08) 1.02 (0.97,1.08)
4 1.03 (0.98,1.08) 1.02 (0.97,1.08)

Model 1: unadjusted; Model 2: age, race, composite socioeconomic status, pre-pregnancy BMI, smoking, gravidity, number of prior medical diseases, site, year of pregnancy; Model 3: model 2 + gestational age, birth weight; Model 4: model 3 + preeclampsia (*Models 3 and 4 removed additional birthweight adjustment for placenta-to-birthweight ratio models);

**

dichotomized at 90th percentile;

¥

Sensitivity analysis excluding women with diabetes or CVD conditions (including hypertension) prior to pregnancy.

Bolding denotes p<0.05.