Table 1. Clinical characteristics of study subjects.

Subject	Maternal age (years)	Gestational age (weeks)	BMI (kg/m2)	Placental weight (gm)	Birth weight (gm)	Maternal blood pressure (mm/Hg)		Fetal sex	Mode of delivery
						Systolic	Diastolic
1	38	38.43	24.30	724	3019	124	84	M	C-section
2	28	39.57	24.93	750	3081	126	84	F	C-section
3	29	39.14	19.40	801	3163	115	60	F	C-section
4	30	39.86	20.00	700	3088	100	68	M	C-section
5	30	38.57	21.80	863	3073	108	76	M	C-section
6	34	39.00	22.45	747	3029	112	70	M	C-section
Mean ± S.E.M.	31.5 ± 1.5	39.09 ± 0.23	22.1 ± 0.9	764 ± 24	3075 ± 21	114 ± 4	74 ± 4