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Placental inflammation and overweight or obesity in term singleton stillbirths in Stockholm County 2002-2018; a case control study.

Hanna ÅmarkLottie SäkerNikos Papadogianakis
Published in: PloS one (2023)
Both acute and chronic inflammatory placental lesions were more common in cases of stillbirth compared to pregnancies with live born infants. There were increased proportions of both acute and chronic placental inflammation (vasculitis, chronic villitis, funisitis and overall fetal and maternal inflammatory response) with increasing BMI among cases with term stillbirth, however no differences among controls with term live born infants.
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