Placental weight in pregnancies with high or low hemoglobin concentrations

S Larsen, EK Bjelland, C Haavaldsen… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To study the associations of maternal hemoglobin concentrations with placental
weight and placental to birthweight ratio. Study design In this retrospective cohort study, we
included all singleton pregnancies during the years 1998–2013 at a large public hospital in
Norway (n= 57 062). We compared mean placental weight and placental to birthweight ratio
according to maternal hemoglobin concentrations:< 9 g/dl, 9–13.5 g/dl or> 13.5 g/dl. The
associations of maternal hemoglobin concentrations with placental weight and placental to …