Twin chorionicity and the risk of stillbirth
Twin chorionicity and the risk of stillbirth
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DOI:
10.1097/aog.0b013e318160d65d
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发表时间:
2008-02-01
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
D'Alton, Mary E.
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作者:
Lee, Young Mi;Wylie, Blair J.;D'Alton, Mary E.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of chorionicity on the risk of stillbirth in twins.METHODS: A retrospective cohort analysis was performed of all twin deliveries of at least 24 weeks of gestation at a single tertiary care center from December 2000 to May 2007. The risk of fetal death with advancing gestation was calculated for monochorionic-diamniotic twins and for dichorionic-diamniotic twins. Overall in utero survival was compared by using Kaplan-Meier analysis and a hazards ratio with 95% confidence intervals estimated to assess the degree of difference. Pregnancies affected by growth abnormalities, anomalies, or twin-twin transfusion syndrome were subsequently excluded and survival by chorionicity similarly compared within these "apparently normal" gestations.RESULTS: Data from 1,000 consecutive twin pairs (196 monochorionic-diamniotic twins and 804 dichorionic-diamniotic twins) were analyzed. Stillbirths occurred in seven (3.6%) monochorionic-diamniotic and nine (1.1%) dichorionic-diamniotic twin pairs. Monochorionic-diamniotic twins had a higher risk of stillbirth compared with dichorionic-diamniotic twins, both overall (log-rank P=.004) and at each gestational age after 24 weeks, with this risk persisting in the subset of 771 (130 monochorionic-diamniotic twins and 641 dichorionic-diamniotic twins) "apparently normal" twins (log-rank P=.039).CONCLUSION: Monochorionicity has a negative effect on the in utero survival of twins, even among monochorionic-diamniotic twins without abnormalities.