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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population (n = 200)

From: Whole-transcriptome analysis delineates the human placenta gene network and its associations with fetal growth

Variables

SGAa (n = 33)

AGAb (n = 112)

LGAc (n = 55)

p-valued

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Birth weight (g)

2582.3 (277.3)

3436.8 (388.9)

4276.9 (247.2)

<0.01

Gestational age (weeks)

38.9 (1.2)

39.1 (0.9)

39.0 (0.8)

0.77

Maternal age (years)

31.9 (5.6)

31.1 (4.6)

30.9 (4.1)

0.59

Maternal BMI (kg/m2)

25.7 (7.0)

25.6 (5.8)

28.4 (6.9)

0.02

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

Infant Gender

   

0.05

 Female

22 (66.7)

57 (50.9)

22 (40.0)

 

 Male

11 (33.3)

55 (49.1)

33 (60.0)

 

Maternal Ethnicity

   

<0.01

 Caucasian

18 (54.5)

91 (81.2)

46 (83.6)

 

 African American

6 (18.2)

2 (1.8)

3 (5.5)

 

 Other

7 (21.2)

19 (17.0)

5 (9.1)

 

 Unknown

2 (6.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.8)

 

Delivery Method

    

 Vaginal

19 (57.6)

65 (58.0)

19 (34.5)

0.01

 C-Section

14 (42.4)

47 (42.0)

36 (65.5)

 
  1. asmall for gestational age; bappropriate for gestational age; clarge for gestational age; d p-values based on chi-square test (categorical variables) or ANOVA (continuous variables)