Effect of grade 3 placenta < 36 weeks of pregnancy on perinatal outcomes.

BACKGROUND To assess whether the presence of grade 3 placenta 36 weeks, III. no occurrence of grade 3 placenta throughout pregnancy. The chi-square and general linear model tests were used to compare adverse perinatal outcomes. Binary logistic regression model was used to estimate the odds ratio (OR) for adverse perinatal outcomes. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to determine the cutoff of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) pulsatility index (PI) in the detection of births <37 weeks in grade 3 placentas <36 weeks. RESULTS Significant association was observed between grade 3 placenta <36 weeks and birth <37 weeks (p < 0.001), birth weight <10th percentile (p = 0.001), 5-min Apgar score <7 (p = 0.014), admission to neonatal intensive care unit (p < 0.001), and fetal death (p = 0.002). Grade 3 placenta <36 weeks was significant predictor for birth <37 weeks (OR: 2.6; 95% CI 1.74-3.92), pre-eclampsia (OR: 1.8; 95% CI 1.02-3.27), birth weight <10th percentile (OR: 2.1; 95% CI 1.39-3.10), fetal death (OR: 5.6; 95% CI 1.65-18.78), and composite perinatal outcomes (OR: 2.2; 95% CI 1.51-3.17). The MCA PI showed an area under ROC curve of 0.641 (95% CI 0.546-0.728) in the detection of births <37 weeks. CONCLUSIONS Grade 3 placenta <36 weeks was associated with a higher prevalence of adverse perinatal outcomes.