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Table 2 Association of outcome measures in women with a previous singleton or twin pregnancy

From: Maternal cardiovascular adaptation to twin pregnancy: a population-based prospective cohort study

  

Singleton

(n = 8107)

Twin

(n = 91)

   
   

sFLT MoM

β (95% CI)

PGF MoM

β (95% CI)

  

Early pregnancy

Basic model

Reference

0.61 (0.45 to 0.78)*

0.55 (0.35 to 0.76)*

  
 

Confounder model

Reference

0.64 (0.48 to 0.79)*

0.56 (0.36 to 0.77)*

  

Mid-pregnancy

Basic model

Reference

1.06 (0.85 to 1.26)*

1.02 (0.87 to 1.17)*

  
 

Confounder model

Reference

1.10 (0.90 to 1.30)*

1.05 (0.90 to 1.20)*

  
  

Singleton

(n = 5133)

Twin

(n = 61)

   

Six years

  

Arteriolar retinal

calibre (SDS)

Venular retinal

calibre (SDS)

PWV

(m/s)

 
 

Basic model

Reference

−1.50 (−4.09 to 1.08)

1.95 (−1.51 to 5.42)

−0.21 (−0.59 to 0.18)

 
 

Confounder model

Reference

−1.43 (−6.51 to 3.65)

1.81 (−4.94 to 8.57)

−0.20 (−0.59 to 0.19)

 
   

Aortic root

diameter (mm)

Left atrial

diameter (mm)

Left ventricular

mass (g)

Fractional

Shortening

 

Basic model

Reference

−0.24 (−0.60 to 0.12)

0.26 (−0.24 to 0.75)

7.65 (−0.25 to 15.56)

−0.81 (−2.05 to 0.43)

 

Confounder model

Reference

−0.39 (−1.08 to 0.31)

0.15 (−0.72 to 1.02)

5.82 (−1.49 to 13.12)

−0.85 (−2.09 to 0.40)

   

SBP (mmHg)

DBP (mmHg)

  
 

Basic model

Reference

−1.92 (−5.20 to 1.37)

−2.20 (−4.77 to 0.37)

  
 

Confounder model

Reference

−1.85 (−5.04 to 1.34)

−1.97 (−4.45 to 0.50)

  
  

Singleton

(n = 4655)

Twin

(n = 53)

   

Ten years

  

IMT (mm)

Distensibility (10−3/kPa)

SBP (mmHg)

DBP (mmHg)

 

Basic model

Reference

0.00 (−0.02 to 0.02)

2.53 (−0.31 to 5.36)

−4.44 (−8.87 to −0.01)*

−2.50 (−5.37 to 0.37)

 

Confounder model

Reference

0.00 (−0.02 to 0.02)

2.10 (−0.67 to 4.87)

−3.38 (−7.54 to 0.78)

−1.96 (−4.75 to 0.84)

  1. Values are regression coefficients with the 95% confidence interval (CI) and are based on linear regression models. Women with the use of antihypertensive medication were excluded for blood pressure analyses. Basic model: adjusted for maternal age at intake and interval time. Arteriolar retinal calibre is additionally adjusted for venular calibre and vice versa. PWV is additionally adjusted for pulse at the time of PWV assessment. Confounder model: basic model additionally adjusted for ethnicity, educational level, parity, smoking, method of conception, and BMI at intake. Abbreviations: sFLT Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1, PGF Placental growth factor, PWV Pulse wave velocity, IMT Intima media thickness, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, BMI Body mass index. * p-value < 0.05