Table 1 Maternal findings of the studied pregnancies.

From: Circulating EGFL7 distinguishes between IUGR and PE: an observational case–control study

 

Controls N° 34

IUGR N° 34

p-value§

e-PE N° 29

p-value§§

p-value$

l-PE N° 7

p-value§§§

p-value£

Maternal age (years)

32.7 ± 4.9

33.4 ± 5.7

0.568

36.2 ± 5.1

0.008

0.048

34.0 ± 4.2

0.508

0.059

Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2)

23.8 ± 3.2

25.9 ± 4.2

0.031

23.3 ± 3.5

0.540

0.012

30.9 ± 3.7

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

Ethnicity

Caucasian 100%

Caucasian 100%

–

Caucasian 100%

–

–

Caucasian 100%

–

–

Highest systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

108.7 ± 15.9

118.8 ± 16.6

0.012

147.8 ± 20.0

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

151.4 ± 10.7

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

Highest diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

69.3 ± 8.7

67.9 ± 13.2

0.604

94.6 ± 12.4

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

100.7 ± 10.2

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

Maximum proteinuria value (g/L)

0.1 ± 0.2

0.1 ± 0.2

0.173

4.2 ± 3.4

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

1.7 ± 0.7

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

Gravidity

1.8 ± 1.1

1.9 ± 1.2

0.668

1.8 ± 1.5

0.866

0.603

1.4 ± 0.8

0.343

0.755

Parity

0.3 ± 0.7

0.5 ± 0.8

0.214

0.3 ± 0.7

0.967

0.255

0.0 ± 0.0

0.253

0.256

  1. §Two-independent sample t-test (IUGR vs. Controls).
  2. §§Two-independent sample t-test (e-PE vs. Controls).
  3. $Two-independent sample t-test (IUGR vs. e-PE).
  4. §§§Two-independent sample t-test (l-PE vs. Controls).
  5. £Anova Test among the four groups (Controls vs. IUGR vs. e-PE vs. l-PE).
  6. IUGR Intrauterine Growth Restriction; PE Preeclampsia; e-PE Early-onset PE; l-PE Late-onset PE.
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