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Table 2 Clinical characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of placentas used for tissue laeverin protein quantification. Continuous variables are presented as mean ± SE or median (range) and categorical variables as n (%) as appropriate. Doppler ultrasonography was performed < 24 h before delivery

From: Longitudinal reference ranges for maternal plasma laeverin, and its role as a potential biomarker of preeclampsia

 

Healthy women (n = 11)

Preeclampsia (n = 13)

P value

Maternal age, median (range), years

27 (19–32)

29 (21–36)

0.562

Body mass index before delivery, (kg/m2)

23.49 ± 1.56

27.20 ± 1.66

0.118

Primipara, n (%)

7 (63.6)

6 (46.2)

0.532

Mean arterial pressure, mmHg

92.17 ± 1.91

130.85 ± 2.92

0.000

Uterine artery pulsatility index (mean of the left and right side)

0.66 ± 0.04

1.76 ± 0.34

0.028

Middle cerebral artery pulsatility index

1.06 ± 0.10

1.46 ± 0.12

0.006

Umbilical artery pulsatility index

0.73 ± 0.05

1.05 ± 0.08

0.028

Gestational age at delivery, median (range), weeks

40 (34–42)

35 (29–39)

0.024

Cesarean section, n (%)

1 (9.1)

9 (69)

0.005

Neonatal birth weight, g

3516 ± 201

2690 ± 248

0.018

Placental weight, g

622 ± 65

522 ± 54

0.247

5 min APGAR score median (range)

9 (8–10)

9 (5–10)

0.435

Arterial cord blood pH

7.28 ± 0.02

7.24 ± 0.03

0.457

Arterial cord blood Base Excess, mmol/L

−3.46 ± 1.52

−2.20 ± 1.52

0.582

Venous cord blood pH

7.35 ± 0.01

7.29 ± 0.02

0.043

Venous cord blood Base Excess, mmol/L

−4.16 ± 1.07

−1.72 ± 1.44

0.270