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Correlates of Human Umbilical Cord Length
Author(s) -
Agboola A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1978.tb00434.x
Subject(s) - medicine , umbilical cord , fetus , fetal weight , birth weight , cord , obstetrics , positive correlation , anatomy , pregnancy , surgery , biology , genetics
In this study of the umbilical cord lengths of 602 Nigerian infants delivered at term, the mean, median and modal measurements were 57.48, 57.71 and 68.00 cm, respectively (range = 20–100 cm). There was a significant positive correlation between cord length and fetal weight (r = 0.2177, p < 0.001) and also between cord length and placental weight (r = 0.2504, p < 0.001). Other fetal and maternal variables studied did not correlate with cord length. Further investigations of the factors responsible for the growth of the umbilical vessels are needed.