A Prospective Study of Villous Capillary Lesions in Complicated Pregnancies

Table 3

Villous vascular changes in placentae of control and study groups.

Villous; vascularity	Control group	Study group
	Normal pregnancies; number of cases (%)	Group I (maternal anaemia); number of cases (%)	Group II (preeclampsia); number of cases (%)	Group III (gestational diabetes mellitus); number of cases (%)	Group IV (hypothyroidism); number of cases (%)
Decreased	2 (12.9)	1 (10)	6 (60)	—	1 (20)
Normal	25 (67.74)	2 (20)	2 (20)	1 (16.66)	1 (20)
Increased	4 (19.35)	7 (70)	2 (20)	5 (83.33)	3 (60)
Total	31	10	10	6	5