Assessment of Myometrial Concentrations of Oestrogen and Progesterone Receptors in the Lower Uterine Segment of Full-Term Pregnancies in Presence or Absence of Labour

Table 2

Oestrogen and progesterone receptors in the myometrium of full-term pregnant women in labour (Group I) and full-term pregnant women not in labour (Group II).

(a)  

	Group I		Group II
	Oestrogen	Progesterone	Oestrogen	Progesterone
	39.9	29.8	53.3	60.0
	39.3	30.2	55.4	48.3
	49.0	28.9	62.7	53.8
	23.4	29.7	56.6	62.6
	22.9	24.6	70.0	50.4
	25.3	25.7	23.6	22.1
			44.1	30.4
			37.5	33.9
			43.6	20.4
			44.0	25.1
			30.0	29.5
			36.3	37.9
			34.2	30.1
			32.8	22.5
			34.4	18.3
Mean	33.3	28.2	43.9	36.4
Median	32.3	29.3	43.6	30.4

(b)  

Spearman’s correlation coefficient
(Oestrogen versus progesterone)
Group I	Group II
𝑟 calculated = 0.49	𝑟 calculated = 0.74*
𝑟^2=0.24	𝑟^2=0.55

(c)  

Wilcoxon test
(Oestrogen versus progesterone)
𝑍 critical = 1.96
Group I	Group II
𝑍 calculated = 0.94	𝑍 calculated = 16.00*
	Oestrogen > progesterone