TABLE 2.
Patient characteristics and placental TNF-α concentrations
| Patient characteristica | Median placental TNF-α concn (interquartile range); no. of samples
|
Pb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factor present | Factor absent | ||
| Teenager | 8.2 (3.1-18.6); 94 | 5.6 (2.1-14.6); 166 | 0.04 |
| Primigravid | 6.9 (2.2-18.2); 136 | 5.6 (2.7-12.3); 123 | 0.27 |
| Recent febrile symptoms | 11.0 (4.6-26.0); 104 | 4.0 (1.7-9.7); 147 | <0.0001 |
| Anemic (Hb, <11 g/dl) | 7.3 (2.9-19.6); 86 | 6.1 (2.7-15.8); 156 | 0.26 |
| HIV infected | 7.1 (2.8-18.6); 105 | 5.3 (2.1-14.2); 149 | 0.20 |
| LBW | 11.6 (4.6-24.9); 48 | 5.5 (2.1-12.3); 207 | 0.0045 |
a
Hb, hemoglobin.
b
Compared by the Wilcoxon rank sum test.