Table 2.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of the patient population used to perform immunophenotyping of exhausted and senescent T cells in the decidua parietalis.
| Term without labor (n = 16) |
Term with labor (n = 21) |
Preterm without labor (n = 8) |
Preterm with labor (n = 10) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age (years; median (IQR))a | 27 (25-32.3) | 24 (21-26) | 28 (25.3-30.8) | 22.5 (21-31.8) | 0.05 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2; median (IQR))a | 30.1 (27-36.9)c | 23.5 (23-32.8) | 32.9 (22.7-42.9) | 25.7 (20.5-27.4)c | 0.2 |
| Primiparityb | 12.5% (2/16) | 38.1% (8/21) | 12.5% (1/8) | 20% (2/10) | 0.3 |
| Raceb | 0.09 | ||||
| African-American | 66.7% (10/15)c | 90.5% (19/21) | 75% (6/8) | 90% (9/10) | |
| Caucasian | 20% (3/15)c | 0% (0/21) | 12.5% (1/8) | 0% (0/10) | |
| Asian | 13.3% (2/15)c | 0% (0/21) | 0% (0/8) | 0% (0/10) | |
| Other | 0% (0/15)c | 9.5% (2/21) | 12.5% (1/8) | 10% (1/10) | |
| Gestational age at delivery (weeks; median (IQR))a | 39.1 (39-39.3) | 39.3 (38.6-40) | 27.6 (26.1-34.5) | 35.5 (32.1-36.2) | <0.001 |
| Birthweight (g)a | 2972.5 (2763.8-3290) | 3295 (2935-3675) | 728.5 (595-2078.8) | 2305 (1656.3-2446.3) | <0.001 |
| Cesarean sectionb | 100% (16/16) | 33.3% (7/21) | 100% (8/8) | 40% (4/10) | <0.001 |
Data are given as the median (interquartile range) and percentage (n/N). aKruskal-Wallis test. bFisher's exact test. cOne missing data.