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. 2021 Oct 13;9:721059. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.721059

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the pregnant and postpartum women providing serum albumin and plasma AAG samples.

Demographic Parameters Albumin dataset AAG dataset
Pregnant
(380 Women)
Postpartum
(354 Women)
Pregnant
(31 Women)
Postpartumn
(30 Women)
Country, n (%)
   Argentina
   Botswana
   Brazil
   South Africa
   Thailand
   Uganda
   United States
3 (0.8)
12 (3.2)
14 (3.7)
2 (0.5)
20 (5.3)
8 (2.1)
321 (84.5)
1 (0.3)
12 (3.4)
12 (3.4)
2 (0.6)
17 (4.8)
8 (2.3)
302 (85.3)






31 (100%)






30 (100%)
Race, n (%)
   Asian or Pacific Islander
   Black African
   Black or African American
   Indigenous American
   Other
   Unknown/Unavailable
   White (Caucasian)
24 (6.3)
22 (5.8)
158 (41.6)
3 (0.8)
5 (1.3)
23 (6.1)
145 (38.2)
22 (6.2)
22 (6.2)144 (40.7)3 (0.8)5 (1.4)20 (5.9)
138 (39)


11 (35.5)
1 (3.2)

8 (25.9)
11 (35.5)


11 (36.7)
1 (3.3)

8 (26.7)
10 (33.3)
Age (at delivery), years,Median (Q1, Q3) 29
(24, 34)
29
(24, 34)
29
(26.6, 33.5)
30
(27, 33.8)
Weight (pre-pregnancy), kg,Median (Q1, Q3)1 67.1
(57.9, 85.4)
67.8
(58.5, 84.8)
69.7
(60.5, 86.2)
69.7
(60.5, 86.2)
Body-Mass Index(pre-pregnancy), kg/m2,Median (Q1, Q3)1 26.2
(22.7, 32.5)
26.4
(22.9, 32.7)
26.7
(22.8, 31.6)
26.7
(22.8, 31.6)
Weight (at delivery), kg,Median (Q1, Q3)2 79.5
(68.3, 94.5)
80.1
(68.5, 94.5)
86.5
(73.4, 97.7)
81.75
(73, 98.2)

AAG, α1-acid glycoprotein; Q1, First quartile; and Q3, Third quartile. 1Pre-pregnancy weights and body mass index values were missing for 116, 107, 8, and 7 individuals from the pregnancy albumin, postpartum albumin, pregnancy AAG, and postpartum AAG datasets, respectively. 2Delivery weights were missing for 37, 34, 2, and 2 individuals from the pregnancy albumin, postpartum albumin, pregnancy AAG, and postpartum AAG datasets, respectively.