TABLE 1.

Clinical and obstetrical characteristics of women in TLB and with TCC

Characteristic	TLB (n = 35)	TCC-noMIAC (n = 12)	TCC-MIAC (n = 12)	P (TCC-noMIAC vs. TCC-MIAC
Maternal age (years)	23 (20–29)	21.5 (19.5–23.5)	19 (17.8–25.3)	0.4
GA at amniocentesis and delivery (weeks)	39 (38–40.2)	39.6 (38.9–40.0)	40.5 (39.9–40.8)	0.04
IL-6 (ng/ml)	1.08* (0.76–1.71)	3.2 (2.0–12.0)	13.9 (5.0–22.0)	0.07
Birth weight (g)	3,250 (3,100–3,730)	3,500 (2,978–3,725)	3,710 (3,565–3,795)	0.09

GA, gestational age; IL, interleukin; TCC-MIAC, clinical chorioamnionitis at term with microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity; TCC-noMIAC, clinical chorioamnionitis at term without microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity; TLB, spontaneous labor at term. Values are expressed as median (interquartile range). *, Detectable only in 11 of 35 patients. P: Wilcoxon rank sum test.