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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the discovery cohort

From: DNA methylation profiling of acute chorioamnionitis-associated placentas and fetal membranes: insights into epigenetic variation in spontaneous preterm births

Variables

aCA (n = 22)

Non-aCA (n = 22)

p value

Maternal age, years (mean)

19.6–43.9 (33.41)

20.4–43.5 (32.08)

ns

GA at delivery, weeks (mean)

28–36 (30.74)

28–36.7 (32.28)

< 0.01

Birth weight (SD)

− 1.02 to 1.51

− 1.36 to 0.73

ns

Fetal sex (M/total)

11/22

13/22

ns

  1. p values are calculated by Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney rank sum test for continuous variables, Fisher’s exact test for fetal sex
  2. ns non-significant
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Epigenetics & Chromatin

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