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Table 1 Maternal factors and biomarker results for pregnancies that did and did not link to a pregnancy outcome record

From: Record linkage to obtain birth outcomes for the evaluation of screening biomarkers in pregnancy: a feasibility study

Maternal factor at time of screen test

Pregnancies linked to an outcome

N = 1650*

Unlinked pregnancies

N = 201

Test of difference

 

mean (sd)

mean (sd)

 

Days gestation

84.9 (6.0)

85.7 (5.9)

P = 0.08

Age (years)

32.6 (4.7)

32.0 (4.8)

P = 0.13

Weight (kg)

67.1 (14.4)†

65.2 (14.4)†

P = 0.13

PAPP-A (MoM)

1.19 (0.75)

1.24 (0.80)

P = 0.49

free β-hCG (MoM)

1.24 (0.81)

1.18 (0.74)

P = 0.26

 

≤ 5 th percentile cutoff (%)

≤ 5 th percentile cutoff (%)

 

PAPP-A (MoM)

5.3

3.5

P = 0.28

free β-hCG (MoM)

5.2

5.0

P = 0.92

  1. * multiple gestations, aneuploidies and pregnancies resulting in medical abortions excluded
  2. † (records with missing weight: linked n = 299, unlinked n = 51)