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Table 1 Clinical characteristics

From: Expression and functional characterisation of System L amino acid transporters in the human term placenta

 

Normal BMI (BMI < 25 kg/m2)

High BMI (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)

P-value (t-test)

Patients (N)

20

24

-

Age (yrs)

28.5 ± 1.3

27.4 ± 1.0

0.51

BMI (kg/m2) †

21.3 ± 0.4

32.8 ± 1.1

<0.0001

Weight gain (kg)

13.7 ± 4.5

11.4 ± 4.2

0.08

Ethnicity (% Hispanic)

70 %

83 %

-

GA at delivery

39.4 ± 0.2

39.6 ± 0.2

0.45

Fetal sex (female/male)

11/9

11/13

-

Birth weight (g)

3373 ± 53

3680 ± 82

<0.01

SGA/AGA/LGA

0/20/0

0/17/7

-

Placental weight (g)

677 ± 26

798 ± 32

<0.01

Placental efficiency ††

5.1 ± 0.2

4.7 ± 0.1

0.08

  1. Data is presented as mean ± SEM. GA, gestational age. † BMI, pre/early pregnancy body mass index (gestational age <20 weeks); †† Placental efficiency is calculated as the ratio between birth weight and placental weight