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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the study population

From: Disease specific characteristics of fetal epigenetic markers for non-invasive prenatal testing of trisomy 21

Characteristics

Pregnant women carrying trisomy 21 fetuses (n = 12)

Pregnant women carrying normal fetuses (n = 38)

Non pregnant women (n = 6)

Pvalue

Age (years)

32.9 ± 3.5

35.3 ± 4.1

29.5 ± 0.7

0.198a

Body mass index (kg/m2)

21.7 ± 2.5

21.4 ± 2.6

21.1 ± 0.3

0.859a

Gestational age (weeks)

11.8 ± 0.8

12.2 ± 0.6

-

0.182b

Gender-ratio of fetus (male: female)

4:8

14:24

-

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  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. aone-way analysis of variance test.
  3. bt-test.