Research Article
Does Postevacuation β-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Level Predict the Persistent Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia?
Table 1
Comparison of baseline characteristics of the patients, and HCG levels at preevacuation and after one and two weeks in the two groups.
| | | Persistent GTN ) | Remission group () | value |
| | Age | | | | | <40 | 98 (89.9%) | 121 (89.6%) | 0.558 | | ≧40 | 11 (10.1%) | 14 (10.4%) | | | Parity | | | | | Nulliparous | 24 (22.9%) | 34 (25.2%) | 0.683 | | 1 | 24 (22.9%) | 34 (25.2%) | | | ≧2 | 24 (22.9%) | 34 (25.2%) | | | Gestational age | 8.6 ± 1.3 | 6.2 ± 1.1 | 0.030 | | Preevacuation hCG | 17,1420 ± 299,843 | 23,5764 ± 41,8102 | 0.178 | | hCG after one week | 18,408 ± 36,311 | 7,966 ± 17,571 | 0.004 | | hCG after two weeks | 15,811 ± 71,830 | 1,140 ± 2,041 | 0.019 |
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