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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008 Jan;21(1):41–52. doi: 10.1080/14767050701831397

Table I.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of normal pregnant women, patients with an SGA fetus, and those with preeclampsia

Normal pregnancy
n = 135
p SGA
n=53
p Preeclampsia
n = 112
p

Age (y) δ 25 (17–40) 0.5 24 (15–43) 0.6 23 (13–43) 0.2
Race: African American 107 (79.3%) 0.3 46 (86.8%) 0.8 91 (81.3%) 0.6
 Caucasian 15 (11.1%) 4 (7.5%) 13 (11.6%)
 Hispanic 7 (5.2%) 1 (1.9%) 5 (4.5%)
 Asian 0 1 (1.9%) 1 (0.9%)
 Other 6 (4.4%) 1 (1.9%) 2 (1.8%)
Nulliparity 37 (27.4%) 0.005* 26 (49.1%) 0.1 69 (61.6%) <0.001*
GA at blood sampling (weeks) δ 37.6 (20–41.7) 0.3 36.9 (25–39.7) 0.5 35.6 (23.4–42.4) 0.3
GA at delivery (weeks) δ 39.3 (37–42.4) <0.001* 37.1 (25–39.7) 0.3 35.7 (23.7–42.4) <0.001*
Birthweight (grams) δ 3345 (2610–4080) <0.001* 2050 (300–2880) 0.03* 2195 (530–4460) <0.001*
Birthweight <5th percentile 0 <0.001* 42 (79.2%) <0.001* 32 (28.6%) <0.001*

Value expressed as median (range) or number (percent)

GA: gestational age

*

p < 0.05

δ

= Kruskal-Wallis with post hoc Mann-Whitney U tests

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