Table 1.

Umbilical Cord and Maternal Transthyretin and Maternal Correlations with Prenatal Morbidities.

Morbidity Umbilical Cord TTR mg/dL Maternal TTR mg/dL P Value


Mean SD P Value Mean SD
PROM >18 h 9.24 2.56 0.083 22.25 7.14 0.294
PROM <18 h 7.93 2.19 19.48 7.04

PET 10.43 3.18 0.277 17.43 6.48 0.418
No PET 8.26 2.28 20.69 7.17

Prenatal steroids 8.48 2.64 0.236 20.56 7.18 0.719
No prenatal steroids 7.79 1.10 19.73 7.03

Normal delivery 9.12 2.81 0.212 23.21 9.29 0.192
Cesarean section 8.09 2.11 19.06 5.64

PET, preeclampsia, toxemia; PROM, prolonged rupture of membranes; SD, standard deviation; TTR, transthyretin.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2022 April; 13(2): e0012. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2022 April 26. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10470