Abstract:
The objective of this study was to examine risk factors for term or near-term fetal growth restriction (FGR) in the absence of pregnancy complications. We completed a survey of uncomplicated single live births delivered in Greater Beirut, Lebanon. FGR cases were defined as below the 10th percentile of expected weight at gestational age. Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95percent confidence intervals (CIs). Main predictors of FGR were female gender (OR, 1.94; 95percent CI, 1.46 to 2.59), nulliparity (Or, 1.66; 95percent CI, 1.25 ton 2.20), low prepregnancy weight (OR, 2.52; 95percent CI, 1.58 to 4.01), short stature (OR, 2.59; 95percent CI, 1.57 to 4.28), and low pregnancy weight gain (OR, 1.75; 95percent CI, 1.21 to 2.55). Anthropometric characteristics of mothers are important modifiable determinants of fetal size in our developing urban population of uncomplicated births.