Table 4. Positive or negative differences for first trimester values of total body water (TBW), extracellular water (ECW), intracellular water (ICW), ECW/TBW (ECW%), cardiac output (CO) and cardiac index (CI) as well as their inter-trimestrial changes relative to uncomplicated pregnancies.
Pregnancy outcome | Parameter | First trimester values | Gestational evolution | |
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Difference compared to UP | P-value | P-value | ||
EPE | ||||
TBW | 1,78 | 0,078 | 0,001 | |
ECW | 1,3 | 0,01 | <0,001 | |
ICW | 0,66 | 0,086 | 0,039 | |
ECW% | 1,48 | 0,002 | <0,0001 | |
CO | -0,42 | 0,173 | 0,012 | |
CI | -0,27 | 0,0119 | 0,045 | |
LPE | ||||
TBW | 0,006 | 0,991 | <0,001 | |
ECW | 0,099 | 0,746 | <0,001 | |
ICW | -0,154 | 0,524 | <0,001 | |
ECW% | 0,385 | 0,179 | <0,001 | |
CO | -0,079 | 0,647 | 0,015 | |
CI | -0,064 | 0,501 | 0,0021 | |
GH | ||||
TBW | -0,024 | 0,967 | 0,005 | |
ECW | 0,107 | 0,707 | 0,009 | |
ICW | -0,0004 | 0,998 | 0,019 | |
ECW% | 0,366 | 0,176 | 0,0359 | |
CO | -0,364 | 0,001 | 0,628 | |
CI | -0,147 | 0,122 | 0,0479 | |
EH | ||||
TBW | 0,236 | 0,731 | 0,6781 | |
ECW | 0,106 | 0,779 | 0,957 | |
ICW | 0,158 | 0,6312 | 0,51 | |
ECW% | 0,326 | 0,339 | 0,213 | |
CO | 0,026 | 0,887 | 0,068 | |
CI | -0,169 | 0,161 | 0,0072 | |
SGA | ||||
TBW | -1,13 | 0,001 | 0,8987 | |
ECW | -0,51 | 0,007 | 0,212 | |
ICW | -0,59 | <0,001 | 0,48 | |
ECW% | -0,15 | 0,397 | 0,1214 | |
CO | -0,38 | <0,001 | 0,596 | |
CI | -0,13 | 0,012 | 0,789 |
UP, uncomplicated pregnancy; EPE, early-onset preeclampsia; LPE, late-onset preeclampsia; GH, gestational hypertension; EH, essential hypertension; SGA, small for gestational age neonates; TBW, total body water; ECW, extracellular water; ICW, intracellular water; ECW%, fraction of extracellular water; CO, cardiac output; CI, cardiac index. Numbers of assessments per group per trimester are presented in Fig 1.