Placental Oxidative Status throughout Normal Gestation in Women with Uncomplicated Pregnancies

Table 3

Pairwise comparison of placental MDA levels.

	First trimester	Second trimester	Third trimester
	Test Score, value	Test Score, value	Test score, value
First trimester	—	1885.0, 0.01	1731.0, 0.003
Second trimester		—	1106.0, 0.87
Third trimester			—

MDA: malondialdehyde; the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test was applied.
Significant differences were noted between first and second trimester ( < 0.01) and first and third trimester ( < 0.003) groups. The difference in MDA levels between second and third trimester groups was not significant.