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Table 5 Age, serum levels of estradiol, progesterone and β-HCG in normal pregnancy and miscarriage groups at 7 to 9 weeks of gestation by Tukey post hoc test

From: Prediction of miscarriage in first trimester by serum estradiol, progesterone and β-human chorionic gonadotropin within 9 weeks of gestation

Group

The number of cases

Age (years old)

Estradiol

(pg/ml)

Progesterone

(ng/ml)

β-HCG

(mIU/ml)

Normal pregnancy

65

34.1±6.2

1209±785

25.84±8.61

32549a

Miscarriage

46

32.2±3.7

39±289

17.15±8.62

17700a

P

 

0.342#

0.000**

0.000**

0.060#

  1. **Significantly lower in miscarriage than that in normal pregnancy (P<0.01);
  2. # No significantly different between miscarriage and normal pregnancy;
  3. a For the geometric mean
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