Table 3 Maternal inflammation, infection and leukocyte telomere length (n=297)

Markers of Acute and Chronic Inflammation

 C Reactive Protein (CRP mg/l)

5.08 ± 12.33

1.16 ± 0.22

0.02

[-0.01; 0.03]

0.67

 CRP(>5 mg/l) (n^a = 296)

 No

219 (74.0)

1.16 ± 0.23

ref

 Yes

77 (26)

1.17 ± 0.21

0.04

[-0.04; 0.07]

0.53

 α₁-acid glycoprotein (AGPg/dl)

0.61 ± 0.41

1.16 ±0.22

-0.45

[-0.07; 0.04]

0.64

 α₁-acid glycoprotein (AGP>1 g/l)

 No

275 (92.6)

1.17. ±0.23

ref

 Yes

22 (7.4)

1.13 ± 0.15

-0.04

[-0.13; 0.06]

0.48

Presence of Infectious Disease

 Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)

 No

259 (87.2)

1.17 ± 0.23

Ref

 Yes

38 (12.8)

1.16 ± 0.16

-0.01

[-0.08; 0.07]

0.84

 UTI strain (n = 38)

 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

2 (5.3)

 Escherchia coli

22 (57.9)

 Klebsialla pneumoniae

11 (28.9)

 Staphylococcus epidermitis

3 (7.9)

 Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)

 No

189 (63.6)

1.18 ± 0.23

ref

 Yes

108 (36.4)

1.13 ± 0.22

-0.104

[-0.102; 0.005]

0.07

Type of STI

 Chlamydia trachomatis

 No

235 (79.1)

1.17 ± 0.22

ref

 Yes

62 (20.9)

1.12 ± 0.25

-010

[-0.12; 0.01]

0.08

 Trichomonas vaginalis

 No

282 (94.9)

1.16 ± 023

ref

 Yes

15 (5.1)

1.17 ± 0.19

0.002

[-0.11; 0.12]

0.99

 Candida albicans

 No

233 (78.5)

1.17 ± 0.23

ref

 Yes

64 (21.5)

1.14 ± 0.19

-0.51

[-0.09; 0.03]

0.25