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. 2017 Oct 30;27(1):135–146. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx391

Table 1.

Clinical information on samples assigned to methylation cluster 2 compared with methylation cluster 3 and samples assigned to EOPE methylation subcluster 1 and EOPE methylation subcluster 2. *p-value<0.1, **p-value<0.05, ***p-value<0.01.

DISCOVERY COHORT
Methylation Cluster 2 Methylation Cluster 3 EOPE Methylation Subcluster 1 EOPE Methylation Subcluster 2
N =  43 27 8 16
IUGR Status (IUGR/Total) 10/43 (23%)* 2/27 (7%) 7/8 (88%) 14/16 (88%)
Fetal Sex (F/Total) 22/43 (51%) 11/27 (41%) 5/8 (63%) 3/16 (19%)*
Gestational Age (weeks) [range (mean)] 25.0–40.0 (36.0) 28.0–41.3 (35.7) 24.9–36.0 (31.7) 26.0-37.3 (32.6)
Fetal Birth Weight (SD) [range (mean)] −2.78–3.77 (−0.44)** −2.16–1.70 (0.18) −2.90–1.17 (−1.87) −8.19 - -0.58 (-2.26)
Chronic Hypertension (CH/Total) 7/43 (16%) 2/27 (7%) 2/8 (25%) 5/16 (31%)
Diabetes (Pre-existing or Gestational) (Diabetes/Total) 2/43 (5%) 0/27 (0%) 1/8 (13%) 1/16 (6%)
Chorioamnionitis (CA/Total) 7/43 (16%) 5/27 (19%) 0/8 (0%) 0/16 (0%)
Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM/Total) 3/43 (7%) 4/27 (15%) 0/8 (0%) 0/16 (0%)
Ultrasound Findings (Findings/Total) 7/43 (16%) 2/27 (7%) 3/8 (38%) 4/16 (25%)
Placental Pathology Noted (Notes/Total) 17/43 (40%) 7/27 (26%) 4/8 (50%) 10/16 (63%)

VALIDATION COHORT

Methylation Cluster 2 Methylation Cluster 3 EOPE Methylation Subcluster 1 EOPE Methylation Subcluster 2

N =  7 11 19 11
IUGR Status (IUGR/Total) 0/7 (0%) 0/11 (0%) 11/19 (58%) 7/11 (64%)
Fetal Sex (F/Total) 1/7 (14%) 5/11 (45%) 9/19 (47%) 7/11 (64%)
Gestational Age(weeks) [range (mean)] 30.0–37.0 (33.0)*** 37.0–40.0 (38.4) 27.0–37.0 (32.8)*** 26.0-34.0 (29.8)
Fetal Birth Weight (SD) [range (mean)] −0.48–0.50 (−0.06) −1.11–3.60 (0.34) −2.27–2.92 (−1.12) −2.46 - -0.86 (-1.59)
Chronic Hypertension (CH/Total) 1/7 (14%) 1/11 (9%) 7/19 (37%) 3/11 (27%)