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. 2018 Nov 1;13(11):e0206257. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206257

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
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.