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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Oct;213(4 0):S29–S52. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.08.040

Table 2.

Frequency of chorioamnionitis according to gestational age at delivery

Weeks of gestation Chorioamnionitis (n) Total number of patients Percent (%)
21–24 17 18 94.4
25–28 19 48 39.6
29–32 34 96 35.4
33–36 53 497 10.7
37–40 233 6139 3.8
41–44 36 707 5.1
Total 392 7505 5.2

Modified from Russell P, Inflammatory lesions of the human placenta I, The American journal of diagnostic gynecology and obstetrics 1979; 1: 127-137