Placental Vitamin D-Binding Protein Expression in Human Idiopathic Fetal Growth Restriction

Table 2

Patient demographic and obstetric characteristics.

Patient characteristics	Control ( = 17)	FGR-affected ( = 18)	value
Maternal age (yrs)	32.12 (±1.33)	30.44 (±1.65)	0.43
Parity
Primiparous	6	11	0.18
Multiparous	11	7
Gestational age (wks)	35.47 (±1.03)	36.56 (±0.64)	0.38
Birthweight centile (%)	65.85 (±5.90)	3.06 (±0.64)	<0.001
Placental weight	583.36 (±32.37)	399.88 (±25.19)	<0.001
Infant sex
Female	11	8	0.31
Male	6	10
Mode of delivery
Vaginal	4	5	0.79
Caesarean (in labour)	1	2
Caesarean (not in labour)	12	11

Data presented as the mean (±SEM).
Student’s -test with Welch’s correction was used for parametric data.
2 × 2 contingency table with Fisher’s Exact Test or a 3 × 2 contingency table with Chi-Squared Test was used (where appropriate) for categorical data.
Placental weights for = 3 controls and = 2 FGR-affected pregnancies were not recorded.