Table 4

Peripartum measurements. Descriptives of women with hs-cTNT > 5 ng/l (n= 65) and women with NTproBNP > 125 ng/l (n=18) at the peripartum measurement compared to women with low levels.

VariableHs-cTNT≤5Hs-cTNT>5NTproBNP≤125NTproBNP>125
(n=54)(n=65)p-value(n=102)(n=18)p-value
Age, (mean, SD)31.19 (4.74)30.78 (4.22)0.62730.90 (4.36)31.56 (5.03)0.568
eGFR, (mean, SD)103.00 (12.58)100.77 (10.56)0.291102.48 (10.81)96.50 (14.23)0.042
Time to blood test, (median, IQR)29.00 (18.00)22.25 (15.50)0.00126.00 (16.00)26.50 (20.75)0.906
Systolic BP,* (mean, SD)116.66 (7.36)118.58 (9.13)0.222117.79 (8.57)116.69 (7.11)0.627
Diastolic BP,* (mean, SD)67.81 (6.72)68.68 (7.96)0.53468.51 (7.57)67.00 (5.99)0.449
Cardiac Index,* (mean, SD)3.08 (.49)3.05 (.52)0.7793.07 (.52)3.02 (.39)0.7330
IVF (%)0.4541.000
No52 (96)60 (92)96 (94)17 (94)
Yes2 (4)5 (8)6 (6)1 (6)
Peripartum oxytocin, n (%)0.1160.003†
No5 (9)5 (8)0.7357 (7)3 (17)0.170
Yes, labour augmentation13 (25)28 (43)0.03530 (30)11 (61)0.010
Yes, prophylaxis only35 (66)32 (49)0.06764 (63)4 (22)0.001
Delivery Mode, n (%)0.1160.001
Spontaneous vaginal43 (80)58 (89)0.15092 (90)10 (56)0.001
Other11 (20)7 (11)0.13010 (10)8 (44)0.001
  • *measured at time point B (20-25 gw). “Other” delivery mode was assisted vaginal or cesarean section

  • †Bonferroni-adjusted comparisons were calculated between hs-cTNT and peripartum medications and NTproBNP and peripartum medications. The Bonferroni-adjusted p-value was set to .0083.