Research Article

Enhanced Prevalence of Plasmatic Soluble MHC Class I Chain-Related Molecule in Vascular Pregnancy Diseases

Table 2

Frequency of sMIC detection and plasma levels in the study population.

Frequency of sMIC positive plasma
number
(proportion %)
Comparison of sMIC frequency in reference to control normal pregnancy group Median sMIC plasma levels in positive samples (ng/mL) [25–75 interquartile range]

Normal pregnancies 1 (1.6%)0.5
Vascular pregnancy diseases 26 (32%)2.2 [1.15–11.47]
Preeclampsia 9 (22.5%)7.5 [1.37–32.69]
Vascular IUGR 9 (39%)1.63 [0.86–5.2]
IUFD 8 (44%)2.18 [0.86–7.58]
Nonvascular IUGR 1 (4%)ns1.63