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Published in final edited form as: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2012 May 1;91(6):726–735. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01391.x

Table 2.

Maternal Lipids by Delivery Status Presented as Least Square Means (95% Confidence Intervals),^a Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Health Study, 1998–2004

	Total (n=1309)		Term (n=988)		sPTD (n=221)		Mi PTD (n=100)

	Lipid Units (mg/dl)	95% Confidence Interval	Lipid Units (mg/dl)	95% Confidence Interval	Lipid Units (mg/dl)	95% Confidence Interval	Lipid Units (mg/dl)	95% Confidence Interval
Total Cholesterol	220.1	217.7, 222.5	219.7	217.1–222.4	226.8^*	220.9, 232.8	213.1	204.2, 222.4
HDL Cholesterol	68.3	67.4, 69.2	68.2	67.2–69.2	70.3	68.2, 72.4	65.5	62.5, 68.6
LDL Cholesterol	113.5	111.3, 115.8	113.5	111.0–116.0	116.4	111.1, 122.0	106.9	98.8, 115.6
Triglycerides	162.1	158.7, 165.6	161.1	157.3–164.9	171.1^*	163.5, 179.0	167.0	154.8, 180.2

HDL=High density lipoprotein; LDL=Low density lipoprotein; MI PTD= Medically indicated preterm delivery; sPTD=Spontaneous preterm delivery

Significantly different from term deliveries (P <0.05)

Least square mean lipid values are back-transformed from log lipid values and adjusted for maternal race (White/Other, African-American), parity (nulliparous, parous), and gestational age at time of blood draw (weeks)