Clinical Study

Circulating Anti-PLAC1 Antibodies during Pregnancy and in Women with Reproductive Failure: A Preliminary Analysis

Table 1

Demographics of the patients included in the study.

Women with unexplained infertility or RPL ( š‘› = 4 5 )Healthy pregnant women ( š‘› = 1 0 3 ) š‘ƒ

Age at inclusion in study, mean (SD)35 (Ā±4.46)30.6 (Ā±5.5)0.00
Body mass index (kg/m2)a, mean (SD)28 (Ā±8)27 (Ā±7)0.43
Ethnicity, š‘› (%)
ā€ƒCaucasian35 (78)73 (71)
ā€ƒAfrican-American1 (2.5)11 (12)
ā€ƒHispanic6 (13.5)13 (13)
ā€ƒAsian2 (4.4)1 (1)
ā€ƒMissing 1 (2.2)5 (5)
Smokers ( š‘› , %)11 (24)15 (14.5)0.15
Gravida (median, range)1.5 (0ā€“10)2 (0ā€“6)0.18
Abortions (median, range)1 (0ā€“6)0 (0ā€“2)0.00

aPrepregnancy weight was used to determine BMI in healthy pregnant women.