Table II.

Characteristics of miRNA-sequencing libraries obtained from normal (control) and SPE placentas.

Characteristic	Control (n=6)	SPE (n=5)
Total reads, n	2,241,561	1,502,484
Trimmed reads, n (%)	100,821 (4.5)	58,019 (3.9)
Too short after trimming (<17 bps), n (%)	296,599 (13.2)	236,655 (15.8)
Reads sent to aligner, n	1,844,141	1,207,080
Aligned reads, n (%)	1,184,799 (64.2)	827,455 (68.6)
Precursor miRNA reads, n	9,060	7,576
Mature miRNA reads, n	805,102	606,821
Known miRNAs with ≥5X coverage, n	522	466

SPE, superimposed pre-eclampsia; miRNA, microRNA.