Table 2.
Clinical Characteristics of Participating Twin Pregnancies
| Maternal/fetal characteristics | Control twins (n = 8)
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Discordant DCDA (n = 4)
|
Discordant MCDA (n = 5)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin A | Twin B | IUGR | Cotwin | IUGR | Cotwin | |
| Maternal age (yr) | 31 ± 6 | 35.7 ± 4.1 | 38.0 ± 6.2 | |||
| Gestational age (wk) | 34.7 ± 2.3 | 32.3 ± 1.9 | 34.6 ± 1.5 | |||
| Gravidity/parity | 2/1 | 2/1 | 3/2 | |||
| Birth weight (gm) | 2325 ± 215 | 2410 ± 200 | 1005 ± 358 | 1631 ± 374 | 1484 ± 427 | 2282 ± 487 |
| Birth weight centile | 31.2 ± 16.5 | 33.7 ± 18.9 | 1.2 ± 0.5 | 25.0 ± 10.8 | 2.8 ± 2.05 | 31.0 ± 13.9 |
| Discordancy (%) | 5.7 ± 1.5 | 39.0 ± 15.4 | 36 ± 8 | |||
| A/REDV (%) | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Mode of delivery | ||||||
| CS | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| VD | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Values are mean ± SD.
A/REDV, absence/reverse diastolic velocity in the umbilical artery; CS, cesarean section; DCDA, dichorionic/diamniotic twins; MCDA, monochorionic/diamniotic twins; VD, vaginal delivery.