Table II.

Correlation of bleed characteristics with markers of the strength of the lost pregnancy (N = 36 women)

(Characteristics of Pad + Tampon Use Within-Woman Difference)a	Pregnancy Marker
	Maximum hCG		Days from ovulation to bleeding
	ρb	P-value	ρb	P-value
Length of use (days)	0.09	0.59	0.07	0.66
Total no. used during bleed period	0.37	0.02	0.48	0.003
Max. no. used in one day	0.16	0.35	0.16	0.34
Mean no. per bleeding day	0.29	0.08	0.47	0.004
Period day of heaviest use	−0.11	0.53	−0.29	0.09
No. of light days (0–3)c,d	−0.38	0.02	−0.42	0.01
No. of medium days (4–6)	0.32	0.05	0.39	0.02
No. of heavy days (7+)	0.05	0.79	0.08	0.66

^aValue for woman’s bleed following her early loss minus mean value for her bleeds following cycles with no detected conception

^bSpearman correlation coefficient

^cNumbers in parentheses indicate daily total for pad + tampon use.

^dOne bleed episode has a single day with pads + tampons = 0.