Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients.

From: Prenatal circulating microRNA signatures of foetal Down syndrome

 

Down Syndrome Pregnancies (n = 12)

Pregnancies without Down Syndrome (n = 12)

p value

Maternal age (mean ± SD)

38,5 ± 2,95

38 ± 4,17

0,17

Body mass index (kg/m2) (mean ± SD)

23,75 ± 2,65

23,58 ± 3,32

0,46

Gestational age (mean ± SD)

16 ± 1,07

17 ± 1,19

0,54

  1. SD - standard deviation.
  2. The p value describes significance of difference between women with foetal Down syndrome (DS) in comparison to healthy controls using Mann-Whitney U-test.
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