Stillbirth risk by fetal size among 126.5 million births in 15 countries from 2000 to 2020: A fetuses-at-risk approach.
Yemisrach Behailu OkwarajiLorena Suárez-IduetaEric O OhumaEllen BradleyJudith YargawaVeronica PingrayGabriela CormickAdrienne GordonVicki FlenadyErzsébet Horváth-PuhóHenrik Toft SørensenLiili AbuladzeMohammed HeidarzadehNarjes KhaliliKhalid A YunisAyah Al BizriArturo BarrancoAimée E van DijkLisa BroedersFawzya AlyafeiTawa O OlukadeNeda RazazJonas SöderlingLucy K SmithRuth J MatthewsRachael WoodKirsten MonteathIsabel PereyraGabriella PraviaSarka LisonkovaQi WenJoy E LawnHannah Blencowenull nullPublished in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (2024)
Small for gestational age (SGA) was strongly associated with stillbirth risk in this study based on high-quality data from high- and middle-income countries. The highest RRs were seen in preterm gestations, with two-thirds of the stillbirths born as preterm births. To advance our understanding of stillbirth, further analyses should be conducted using high-quality data sets from low-income settings, particularly those with relatively high rates of SGA.