Table 2

Duration (weeks) of pregnancies previous to and subsequent from proband by gender, history of spontaneous abortion


Male proband
Female proband


N
Mean
N
Mean
p value

All mothers





     Previous pregnancy
69
36.9
100
33.5
n.s.
     Subsequent pregnancy
46
38.6
58
34.6
0.029






Mothers with history





     Previous pregnancy
14
27.9
33
20.9
n.s.
     Subsequent pregnancy
8
32.8
19
24.5
n.s.






Mothers with no history





     Previous pregnancy
55
39.2
67
39.6
n.s.
     Subsequent pregnancy
38
39.9
39
39.6
n.s.

Farley Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2006 3:10   doi:10.1186/1743-8454-3-10