The rising incidence of meconium-stained amniotic fluid with gestational age is consistent with the hypothesis that fetal maturation is a major etiologic factor in meconium passage. Also, the lack of variation of mean umbilical arterial pH across gestation suggests that fetal acidemia is not increased when meconium passage occurs earlier in pregnancy rather than at later gestational ages.
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