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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study subjects

From: Inhibition of placental mTOR signaling provides a link between placental malaria and reduced birthweight

 

Uninfected

Placental malaria without intervillositis

Placental malaria with intervillositis

P value

Subjects

17

7

14

 

Age (years)

19

18

20

0.61

(18–19)

(17–21)

(18–21)

Gestational age (weeks)

40

40

40

0.87

(38–40)

(38–40)

(38–40)

Maternal weight at enrollment (kg)

56

56

56

0.77

(49.5–58.5)

(52–60)

(52–56)

Percentage of monocytes

0

2.2

8.6

0.0001

 

(1.2-3)

(6.6–10.8)

Parasitemia (%)

0

0.41

1.2

0.0001

 

(0.21–0.83)

(0.66–11.2)

Birthweight (kg)

3.0

2.8

2.9

0.54

(2.7–3.5)

(2.6–3.1)

(2.6–3.0)

Placental weight (g)

500

530

495

0.80

(430–550)

(460–560)

(420–580)

Fetal-to-placental weight ratio

5.95

5.71

5.89

0.48

(5.2–6.48)

(4.11–6.09)

(5.26–6.20)

  1. Values are presented as median and interquartile range