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

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Clinical characteristic	No-labour (𝑛=6)	Post-labour (𝑛=6)
Maternal age (years)	32.8 ± 1.1	31.0 ± 0.4
Maternal BMI (kg/m^2)^#	25.0 ± 1.1	23.2 ± 1.1
Gravida	4.1 ± 0.7	2.8 ± 0.4
Parity	3.1 ± 0.5	2.0 ± 0.3*
Gestation age (weeks)	38.5 ± 0.6	37.8 ± 0.7
Birthweight (grams)	3426.4 ± 125.3	3405.8 ± 125.8
Gender of infant (%)	58 male; 42 female	50 male; 50 female

^∗𝑃<0.05 versus no-labour (Student’s 𝑡-test).
#Approx. 12 weeks of gestation.