Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of those with two live births with placentas submitted to pathology for the total sample and by chronic villitis status (n=883).
| Mean (SD) or n (%) | Recurrent villitis (n=102) | Villitis in 1st only (n=88) | Villitis in 2nd only (n=135) | No villitis (n=558) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age, years, first study pregnancy | 31.5 (5.0) | 31.7 (4.8) | 31.7 (4.7) | 31.0 (4.7) | 0.29 |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.16 | ||||
| White | 60 (58.8) | 55 (62.5) | 84 (62.2) | 327 (58.6) | |
| Black | 6 (5.9) | 6 (6.8) | 13 (9.6) | 79 (14.2) | |
| Hispanic | 22 (21.6) | 14 (15.9) | 15 (11.1) | 71 (12.7) | |
| Asian | 9 (8.8) | 9 (10.2) | 15 (11.1) | 44 (7.9) | |
| Other | 5 (4.9) | 4 (4.6) | 8 (5.9) | 37 (6.6) | |
| Nulliparous, first study pregnancy | 84 (82.4) | 78 (88.6) | 120 (88.9) | 487 (87.3) | 0.45 |
| Preterm birth, second study pregnancy | 29 (28.4) | 22 (25.0) | 32 (23.7) | 189 (33.9) | 0.06 |
| SGA infant, second study pregnancy | 20 (19.6) | 13 (14.8) | 25 (18.5) | 50 (9.0) | <0.01 |
Abbreviations: SD – standard deviation