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