Table 2.
Morphometric results for placental villous capillarisation and intervillous space
| Villous capillarisation (VC ± SE) |
Intervillous Space (IvS ± SE, μm) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central (VC-A) |
Body (VC-B) |
Periphery (VC-C) |
Central (IvS-A) |
Body (IvS-B) |
Periphery (IvS-C) |
|
|
Normotensive (n = 51) |
0.12 ± 0.014 | 0.11 ± 0.007 | 0.12 ± 0.013 | 58778 ± 1723.64 | 59015.72 ± 1496.93 | 61518.28 ± 2479.36 |
|
GH (n = 32) |
0.15 ± 0.014 | 0.13 ± 0.015 | 0.11 ± 0.015 | 57241.99 ± 1650.84 | 58380.34 ± 2753.76 | 55701.89 ± 1303.06 |
No significant differences were observed between means at P < 0.05