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Table 2 Differences in Doppler and cCTG characteristics between Late FGR and Control group fetuses

From: An integrated approach based on advanced CTG parameters and Doppler measurements for late growth restriction management

Doppler and cCTG characteristics

Late FGR (n = 94) (mean ± SD)

Control group (n = 154) (mean ± SD)

p-value

UA_PIa

1.08 ± 0.42

0.99 ± 0.27

NS

MCA_PI

1.24 ± 0.27

1.44 ± 0.18

0.03*

FHR (bpm)

136.03 ± 10.17

136.68 ± 8.27

NS

STV (ms)

5.90 ± 1.88

6.56 ± 1.75

< 0.006

LTV (ms)

19.64 ± 5.04

21.86 ± 4.91

0.001

Delta (ms)

37.42 ± 9.51

41.30 ± 8.70

0.001

II

0.84 ± 0.05

0.85 ± 0.05

NS

ApEn

1.29 ± 0.14

1.33 ± 0.17

0.03

LF (ms2)

81.62 ± 5.45

83.12 ± 4.10

0.01

MF (ms2)

13.1 ± 3.48

12.20 ± 3.03

0.03

HF (ms2)

5.29 ± 3.80

4.68 ± 2.20

NS

LF/(HF + MF)

4.10 ± 2.12

4.13 ± 2.07

NS

APRS (bpm)

0.36 ± 0.11

0.42 ± 0.10

< 0.001

DPRS (bpm)

−0.37 ± 0.12

− 0.45 ± 2.11

< 0.001

  1. FHR Fetal Heart Rate, STV Short Term Variability, LTV Long Term Irregularity, Delta Delta Index, II Interval Index, ApEn Approximate Entropy, LF Low Frequency, MF Movement Frequency, HF High Frequency, LF/(HF + MF) LF/(HF + MF) ratio, APRS Acceleration Phase Rectified Slope, DPRS Deceleration Phase Rectified Slope
  2. aT-student test for continuous variables
  3. *values in bold are statistically significant