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. 2020 Jan 30;20:61. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-2753-1

Table 3.

Maternal lipid profile in normal pregnancy and pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia, intrauterine fetal growth restriction and a combination of PE and FGR. Results are presented as median ± interquartile range for each continuous variable

Maternal Data Group
Normal PE only FGR only PE + FGR
Median (Quartiles 25, 75) Median (Quartiles 25, 75) Median (Quartiles 25, 75) Median (Quartiles 25, 75)
Number of samples 20 10 12 10
TC mmol/L 6.6 (6.1, 7.5) 7.2 (5.9, 8.0) 6.9 (6.0, 7.5) 6.2 (5.5, 6.7)
HDL mmol/L 1.8 (1.6, 1.9) 1.8 (1.5, 2.1) 1.6 (1.3, 1.9) 1.5 (1.3, 2.1)
LDL mmol/L 3.6 (2.4, 4.6) 3.7 (2.2, 4.3) 3.6 (3.0, 4.1) 2.9 (2.6, 3.0)
TC/HDL ratio 3.8 (3.4, 4.7) 3.8 (3.3, 4.9) 4.0 (3.0, 4.7) 3.7 (2.9, 4.9)
TG mmol/L 2.99 (2.23, 4.11) 4.21*† (3.39, 4.93) 2.62 (1.85, 3.19) 2.99 (2.19, 5.31)
Apo A1 g/L 1.91 (1.65, 2.19) 2.06 (1.87, 2.39) 1.87 (1.71, 2.02) 1.91 (1.78, 2.22)
Apo B g/L 1.44 (1.12, 1.82) 1.38 (1.19, 1.63) 1.44 (1.26, 1.53) 1.24 (1.08, 1.53)
Apo B: Apo A1

0.69

(0.60, 0.98)

0.63

(0.59, 0.81)

0.75

(0.59, 0.87)

0.67

(0.47, 0.72)

*Statistically significant difference from normal pregnancy p < 0.05. † Statistically significant difference from FGR p < 0.05