Oxidative Stress Induced Damage and Early Senescence in Preterm Placenta

Table 1

Distribution of subject characteristics.

Characteristics	Term ()	Preterm ()	value
Age (years)			0.288
Nullipara/multipara (%)^#	12 (17.91%)/22 (32.84%)	20 (29.85%)/14 (20.90%)	0.088
Preterm history (%)^#	2 (2.99%)	2 (2.99%)	1.000
Maternal BMI (kg/m^2)			0.103
Maternal UAC (cm)			0.160
Hemoglobin (g/dL)			0.121
Leukocyte (/μL)^	10200 (8975–13125)	15100 (11355–17100)	0.001
Thrombocyte (10^3/μL)			0.476
Gestational age at labor (week)			<0.001
Birth weight (gram)			<0.001
Birth length (cm)			<0.001
Placental weight (gram)			<0.001
Spontaneous labor/vacuum assisted/caesarean section (%)^#	13 (19.40%)/3 (4.48%)/18 (26.87%)	25 (37.31%)/0 (0%)/8 (11.94%)	0.002

Homogenous data presented as , the value for independent sample -test; ^#frequency (percentage from total), chi-square or Fisher’s exact; ^median (interquartile range), Mann–Whitney test; value < 0.05. SDB: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; BMI: body mass index; UAC: upper arm circumference; OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test.