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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Placenta. 2022 Mar 22;125:10–19. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2022.03.009

Table 1.

Patient characteristics in the four molecular clusters.

Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3 Cluster 4
Patient number n=29 n=20 n=16 n=17
Early-onset cases 7 (24%) 3 (15%) 0 (0%) 1 (6%)
Late-onset cases 22 (76%) 17 (85%) 16 (100%) 16 (94%)
BW percentile* 79% 89% 100% 86%
SGA cases 9 (31%) 3 (15%) 2 (15%) 3 (18%)
Nulliparity 22 (76%) 13 (65%) 11 (69%) 14 (82%)
Diabetes 7% 15% 13% 6%
BMI 26 29 30 25
Chr. hypertension 28% 25% 31% 6%
History of PE 7% 0% 19% 0%
Smoking 7% 10% 0% 18%
PIGF* 66% 90% 90% 103%
PAPP-A* 59% 72% 62% 81%
Mean Doppler PI* 116% 109% 109% 112%
First trim. MAP* 113% 118% 116% 109%

Bold, colored numbers indicate statistically significant difference from controls. Asterisks denote percentage of control mean. BMI, body mass index. BW, birthweight; MAP, mean arterial pressure; PE, preeclampsia; PI, pulsatility index; PAPP-A, pregnancy-associated plasma protein A; PlGF, placental growth factor; SGA, small for gestational age.