Table 2.
Univariate analysis for first trimester serum analytes and their association with pre-eclampsia
| MoM | Percentile | PEC n=293 (%) |
Normal n=3423 (%) |
RR (95% CI) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAPP-A | |||||
| <0.46 | <5th | 23 (7.8) | 158 (4.6) | 1.6 (1.1–2.4) | 0.01 |
| <0.58 | <10th | 45 (15.3) | 318 (9.3) | 1.6 (1.2–2.2) | 0.001 |
| >2.31 | >90th | 33 (11.3) | 336 (9.8) | 1.1 (0.8–1.6) | 0.47 |
| >2.83 | >95th | 15 ( 5.1) | 170 (4.9) | 1.0 (0.6–1.7) | 0.94 |
| Free β-hCG | |||||
| <0.47 | <5th | 17 (5.8) | 169 (4.9) | 1.2 (0.7–1.8) | 0.53 |
| <0.56 | <10th | 29 (9.9) | 310 (9.0) | 1.1 (0.7–1.5) | 0.68 |
| >1.99 | >90th | 28 (9.5) | 340 (9.9) | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 0.78 |
| >2.38 | >95th | 13 (4.4) | 165 (4.8) | 0.9 (0.5–1.5) | 0.73 |
PEC=pre-eclampsia; RR=relative risk; CI=confidence interval; MoM=multiples of the median