Investigation and Application of Risk Factors of Macrosomia Based on 10,396 Chinese Pregnant Women

Overview

Journal Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 2022 May 13

PMID 35557844

Authors

Xiaosong Yuan

Xiaoya Han

Chenbo Jia

Wei Long

Huiyan Wang

Bin Yu

Jun Zhou

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Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the association of fetal macrosomia with maternal D-dimer and blood lipid levels, and explore whether D-dimer and blood lipids, either alone or in combination with traditional risk factors at hospital birth, could be used to predict subsequent delivery of macrosomia.

Methods: From April 2016 to March 2017, 10,396 women with singleton pregnancy giving birth at around 28-41 weeks of gestation were recruited into the present study. D-dimer and blood lipid levels were measured at hospital admission; and data on birth outcomes were obtained from hospital records.

Results: Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that D-dimer, triglyceride and HDL-C levels were significantly associated with risk of macrosomia independent of traditional risk factors (for D-dimer: adjusted OR: 1.33, 95% CI, 1.23-1.43; for triglyceride: adjusted OR: 1.14, 95% CI, 1.05-1.23; for HDL-C: adjusted OR: 0.35, 95% CI, 0.24-0.51, all 0.01). More importantly, incorporating D-dimer and blood lipids into the traditional model significantly increased the area under curve (AUC) for prediction of macrosomia (0.783 vs. 0.811; 0.01).

Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that maternal D-dimer, triglyceride, and HDL-C levels before hospital birth could be significant and independent of risk factors of fetal macrosomia. Therefore, combining D-dimer and blood lipid levels with traditional risk factors might improve the ability to predict macrosomia in gestational diabetes mellitus and normal pregnancies.

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