A CORRELATIVE STUDY OF FOETAL SONOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS AND PLACENTAL THICKNESS WITH MATERNAL ANTHROPOMETRY AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN ZARIA, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorABDULLAHI, Shehu
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-18T10:51:03Z
dc.date.available2019-09-18T10:51:03Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HUMAN ANATOMY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ANATOMY, FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES, COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractRecent studies have suggested an association of placenta thickness with gestational age in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. But the relationship of placenta thickness according to sex, its relationship to other foetal characteristic within the second and third trimester and somematernal anthropometric variables has not been evaluated. This study consisted of 921 normal pregnancies divided into second (n = 468) and third (n = 453) trimester. Information on maternal age, weight, height and menarcheal age, digit length of hands, hand breadth, hand length, leg breadth and leg length were obtained including foetal parameters such as femoral length (FL), biparietal diameter (BPD), head circumference (HC), occipitofrontal diameter (OFD), abdominal circumference (AC), gestational age (GA), foetal weight (FW) and placenta thickness (PT). Foetal parameters and gestational age were measured in compliance with the Hadlock methodand placenta thickness with the method of Hoddick.Maternal hand and foot measurements were done according to the method of Manning. Independent sample t-test, one-way Analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson‘s correlation, partial correlation and multiple linear regression were used. P < 0.05 was set at the level of significance. The mean of maternal weight and foetal parameters between second and third trimester gestation showed significant difference (p< 0.05). Subjects were divided into groups based on their parity, level of education and ethnicity. Foetal parameters were classified according to sex. Foetal parameters and placenta thickness showed no significant difference according to parity. Level of education and ethnicity showed significant difference on AC, FW and PT. But there was also no significant difference in foetal and placenta thickness according to sex of the foetus even though male foetuses had higher values except for placenta PT where that of female foetuses was a few millimetres higher. There was significant positive relationship between xvii placenta thickness and foetal growth parameters including foetal weight (p< 0.001). 2D:4D ratio of the right hand showed a significant relationship with some foetal growth parameters in the third trimester. Also, foot breadth showed significant relationship with some foetal growth parameters in both second and third trimester. Placenta thickness could predict gestational age (R2 = 0.045) and (R2 = 0.156) in the second and third trimester gestation respectively.Also, placenta thickness was a good predictor of foetal weight (R2 = 0.057) and (R2 = 0.158) for second and third trimester gestation respectively. In conclusion, the relationship between placenta thickness, gestational age and foetal weight has been established, sex differences exist in foetal growth parameters, there is no significant difference when foetal growth parameters were grouped according to parity, but level of education and ethnicity had significance on foetal growth parameters, some maternal parameters showed significant relationship with foetal growth parameters, while placenta thickness will be able to predict gestational age and foetal weight among Nigerian pregnant women.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11927
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectA CORRELATIVE STUDY,en_US
dc.subjectFOETAL SONOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS,en_US
dc.subjectPLACENTAL THICKNESS,en_US
dc.subjectMATERNAL ANTHROPOMETRY,en_US
dc.subjectPREGNANT WOMEN,en_US
dc.subjectZARIA,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIA,en_US
dc.titleA CORRELATIVE STUDY OF FOETAL SONOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS AND PLACENTAL THICKNESS WITH MATERNAL ANTHROPOMETRY AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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