Histological Chorioamnionitis Is Increased at Extremes of Gestation in Stillbirth: A Population-Based Study

Table 3

Relationship of fetal response to cause of death.

		Fetal response
		Absent	Present	Total
PSANZ classification of cause of death	Perinatal infection	20	18	38
		52.6%	47.4%	100.0%
	Hypertension	58	0	58
		100.0%	.0%	100.0%
	Antepartum haemorrhage	84	3	87
		96.6%	3.4%	100.0%
	Maternal disease	45	1	46
		97.8%	2.2%	100.0%
	Perinatal conditions	76	5	81
		93.8%	6.2%	100.0%
	Hypoxic peripartum death	18	5	23
		78.3%	21.7%	100.0%
	Fetal growth restriction	31	3	34
		91.2%	8.8%	100.0%
	Spontaneous preterm	69	46	115
		60.0%	40.0%	100.0%
	Unexplained antepartum death	454	15	469
		96.8%	3.2%	100.0%
	No obstetric antecedent	1	0	1
		100.0%	.0%	100.0%
	Total	856	96	952
		89.9%	10.1%	100.0%