. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Lab Invest. 2009 Jun 8;89(8):924–936. doi: 10.1038/labinvest.2009.49

Table 2.

The demographics of the patients in Group 2.

Characteristics		Total (n=60)	Grading of Acute Chorioamnionitis				p value
Characteristics		Total (n=60)	None (n=15)	Stage 1 (n=15)	Stage 2 (n=15)	Stage 3 (n=15)	p value
Maternal age (years)		25 (18–44)	24 (19–43)	24 (18–34)	26 (20–40)	28 (18–44)	0.376
Gestational age (weeks)		38 (21–41)	39 (37–40)	40 (36–41)	38 (25–41)	30 (21–41)	0.0029
Preterm delivery		16/60 (27%)	0/15 (0%)	1/15 (7%)	3/15 (20%)	12/15 (80%)	0.004
Term delivery		44/60 (73%)	15/15 (100%)	14/15 (93%)	12/15 (80%)	3/15 (20%)	0.089
Delivery mode	Vaginal delivery	41/60 (68%)	7/15 (47%)	12/15 (80%)	10/15 (67%)	12/15 (80%)	0.662
Delivery mode	Cesarean section	19/60 (32%)	8/15 (53%)	3/15 (20%)	5/15 (33%)	3/15 (20%)	0.328

Values were expressed in median (range) or ratio (percentage)