Effect of Supracervical Apposition and Spontaneous Labour on Apoptosis and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Human Fetal Membranes

Table 3

Intensity and extent of staining of MMP-9 in non-labouring and post-labour SC and distal fetal membranes.

	Intensity of staining			Extent of staining
Tissue	No-labour		Post-labour	No-labour		Post-labour
	DS	SCS	SOR	DS	SCS	SOR
Amnion	1.7 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.3	3.2 ± 0.2*	2.8 ± 0.5	2.8 ± 0.5	4.3 ± 0.2*
Chorion	2.0 ± 0.0	2.2 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.2	4.0 ± 0.3	4.3 ± 0.2	4.7 ± 0.2

All data is expressed as mean ± SEM (𝑛=6 patients per group).
^∗𝑃<0.05 versus SCS (Student’s 𝑡-test).