Table 1.
Clinical Characteristics of Study Subjects: Syncytiotrophoblast Plasma Membrane Isolation at Term
| Control, Mean (SD) (n =11) |
Obese, Mean (SD) (n = 12) |
Obese/Macrosomic, Mean (SD) (n = 5) |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gestational age, wk | 39.27 (1.21) | 39.30 (0.61) | 39.54 (1.15) | 0.9075 |
| Early pregnancy BMI, kg/m2 | 22.36 (1.81) | 35.58 (3.39) | 35.58 (2.38) | <0.0001 |
| Birth weight, g | 3396.09 (259.47) | 3279.75 (314.92) | 4613.80 (715.42) | 0.0113 |
| Placental weight, g | 647.77 (123.76) | 614.08 (97.98) | 918.94 (251.44) | 0.0850 |
| Delivery mode | ||||
| Cesarean | 7 (63.6%) | 8 (66.7%) | 5 (100.0%) | 0.4073 |
| Vaginal | 4 (36.4%) | 4 (33.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Fetal sex | ||||
| Female | 8 (72.7%) | 6 (50.0%) | 2 (40.0%) | 0.4129 |
| Male | 3 (27.3%) | 6 (50.0%) | 3 (60.0%) |
Boldface signifies statistical significance.