|
Characteristic
|
Normal Pregnancy
|
Complicated Pregnancy
|
|---|
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Female (n = 78)
|
Male (n = 81)
|
Female (n = 27)
|
Male (n = 27)
|
|---|
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Maternal age at delivery (years)
|
35 ± 4
|
34 ± 4
|
33 ± 3
|
35 ± 4
|
|
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)
|
25 ± 5
|
25 ± 5
|
26 ± 6
|
27 ± 7
|
|
Race (%)
|
|
Asian
|
25 (20/78)
|
19 (15/81)
|
26 (7/27)
|
30 (8/27)
|
|
Black or African American
|
8 (6/78)
|
12 (10/81)
|
22 (6/27)
|
22 (6/27)
|
|
White
|
63 (49/78)
|
58 (47/81)
|
45 (12/27)
|
45 (12/27)
|
|
Other
|
4 (3/78)
|
11 (9/81)
|
7 (2/27)
|
3 (1/27)
|
|
Cesarean delivery (%)
|
35 (27/78)
|
40 (32/81)
|
44 (12/27)
|
56 (15/27)
|
|
Gestational age at delivery (weeks)
|
38 ± 1
|
39 ± 1
|
37 ± 2a
|
36 ± 3a
|
|
Birth weight (g)
|
3200 ± 400
|
3500 ± 500b
|
2500 ± 700a
|
2600 ± 700a,b
|
- ap < 0.05 when compared to normal pregnancy
- bp < 0.05 when compared to females
- Data are mean ± standard deviation or % (n/N)
- BMI body mass index; SGA small for gestational age
