Table 2.
Clinical Characteristics of Study Subjects: Term Villous Explant Experiments
| Normal, Mean (SD) (n = 8) |
Obese, Mean (SD) (n = 6) |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gestational age, wk | 38.98 (0.76) | 39.22 (0.77) | 0.5709 |
| Early pregnancy BMI, kg/m2 | 22.25 (1.81) | 34.18 (6.40) | 0.0052 |
| Birth weight, g | 3403.75 (466.64) | 3529.67 (611.61) | 0.6837 |
| Placental weight, g | 649.27 (135.31) | 701.83 (102.32) | 0.4241 |
| Delivery mode | |||
| Cesarean | 5 (62.5%) | 3 (50.0%) | 1.0000 |
| Vaginal | 3 (37.5%) | 3 (50.0%) | |
| Fetal sex | |||
| Female | 2 (25.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | 0.5804 |
| Male | 6 (75.0%) | 3 (50.0%) |
Boldface signifies statistical significance.