Influence of pregnancy and labor on the occurrence of nerve fibers expressing the capsaicin receptor TRPV1 in human corpus and cervix uteri

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

	Non-pregnant n = 8	Term-pregnant n = 8	In labor n = 8
Mean age (years)	43	36	31
Range	39–50	29–42	27–35
Mean gestational age Completed weeks		38	40
Range		37–39	39–41
Mean parity	2	2	2
Range	1–4	1–4	1–2
Mean cervical dilatation (cm)			7
Range			4–10
Mean birth weight (g)		3329	4060
Range		2700–4005	3295–5370

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