Table 2.

Cord blood adiponectin (μg/ml) in pregnancies with and without preeclampsia

		Without preeclampsia		With preeclampsia
		n	mean ± SD	n	mean ± SD
Offspring sex	Male	256	70.8 ± 29.3	83	67.0 ± 28.7
	Female	255	76.0 ± 27.2	99	71.0 ± 28.0
Parity	Nulliparous	181	74.5 ± 27.6	125	69.9 ± 28.8
	Multiparous	326	72.8 ± 28.9	57	67.7 ± 27.4
Length of gestation	<32 weeks	–	–	7	43.0 ± 33.9
	32–36 weeks	19	41.4 ± 20.5	38	55.4 ± 22.1∗
	37–38 weeks	72	70.1 ± 25.7	42	65.4 ± 24.3
	39–40 weeks	273	76.4 ± 30.2	76	80.1 ± 29.0
	≥41 weeks	147	73.7 ± 24.0	19	71.0 ± 25.1
Weight for gestational age	SGA (≤-2 SD)	13	65.7 ± 20.1	15	47.1 ± 32.6
	Moderately small (−2 <SD <-l)	67	66.5 ± 22.8	38	71.9 ± 28.5
	Appropriate (−1 ≤SD <1)	359	74.3 ± 29.1	101	71.2 ± 26.3
	Moderately large (1 ≤SD <2)	56	79.5 ± 31.4	24	70.3 ± 30.9
	Large for gestational age (≥2 SD)	16	67.1 ± 20.5	4	68.4 ± 17.3
Type of delivery	No contractions	18	61.8 ± 24.7	30	50.2 ± 24.3
	Induced contractions	28	65.4 ± 20.2	111	68.4 ± 25.2
	Spontaneous contractions	457	74.4 ± 28.8	40	84.9 ± 30.5∗∗
Maternal age at delivery	<25 years	111	73.0 ± 27.9	49	70.0 ± 29.6
	25–29 years	214	73.4 ± 26.8	85	70.8 ± 28.8
	30–34 years	126	75.2 ± 31.7	36	64.0 ± 27.2
	≥35 years	60	70.2 ± 27.4	12	70.0 ± 24.1

^∗p = 0.02; test for interaction, p < 0.01.

^∗∗p = 0.04; test for interaction, p < 0.01.