Influence of obstetric factors on osteogenic potential of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Table 1 Characteristics of subjects

Sample	Mother's age (ys)	Weeks of pregnancy	Mode of delivery	Gender	Birth weight (Kg)
1	26	29	CS	F	1.25
2	31	32	CS	M	1.74
3	30	40	CS	F	3
4	30	32	CS	M	1.9
5	30	32	CS	M	1.91
6	37	40	SP	F	3.59
7	21	41	SP	F	3.75
8	35	40	SP	F	3.17
9	33	42	SP	M	3.05
10	31	40	SP	M	3.69
11	38	38	CS	F	3.32
12	38	38	CS	F	2.6
13	38	39	SP	M	3.45
14	36	40	SP	F	3.6
15	29	40	CS	F	3.22
16	33	38	SP	M	3.7
17	34	38	CS	F	3.45
18	35	35	CS	M	3.31
19	34	40	SP	M	3.21
20	35	40	SP	M	3.18
21	32	38	CS	F	3.6
22	33	35	CS	M	2.41
23	33	35	CS	M	2.53
24	40	40	SP	F	3.75
25	38	39	SP	M	3.36
26	29	37	CS	F	3.62
27	29	40	SP	M	3.4
28	39	39	CS	M	3.62
29	33	40	SP	F	3.12
30	32	35	SP	F	3.17
31	29	37	CS	M	2.14
32	37	39	CS	M	3.37
33	20	40	SP	F	3.02
34	41	39	CS	F	2.73
35	35	37	CS	F	2.77
36	34	38	CS	F	2.9
37	38	38	SP	F	3.05
38	34	40	SP	M	3.7
39	32	36	SP	M	2.93
40	27	38	SP	M	3.1
41	30	34	SP	M	2.6
42	31	41	SP	F	3.25
43	27	33	CS	M	1.915
44	27	33	CS	F	2.005
45	26	39	SP	M	3.35
46	34	42	CS	M	3.51
47	23	37	CS	F	2.95
48	30	39	CS	M	4.24
49	33	39	CS	F	3.3
50	37	39	CS	M	2.84
51	33	39	CS	M	3.27
52	32	40	CS	M	3.9
53	31	37	CS	F	1.98
54	35	40	SP	M	3.95
55	23	37	SP	M	3.11
56	40	38	CS	M	2.85
57	37	39	CS	F	3.3
58	25	35	CS	M	3.57
59	25	35	CS	F	2.38
60	27	29	CS	M	2.1

The recorded clinical parameters are: mother's age, weeks of pregnancy, mode of delivery, newborn gender and birth weight.
F (female) M (male) CS (caesarian delivery) SP (spontaneous delivery)
Umbilical cords were collected, after mothers' consent and approval of "Ethical commettee of University of Ferrara" and "Ethical commettee of Sant'Anna Hospital". The study population consisted of 60 healthy pregnant women voluntary enrolled between February 1, 2008 and March 1, 2009.

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