Comparison of trajectories of sHLA-G during pregnancy in mothers delivering AGA neonates with those delivering SGA neonates
The two models, one with period of gestation as fixed effect and participant id as random effect and the other with period of gestation and SGA/AGA group membership as fixed effects and participant id as random effect were compared to evaluate whether being in SGA or AGA group was associated with variations in sHLA-G trajectories across pregnancy. No significant difference was found between the two models (p-value = 0.5677) (Table3). The results suggest that the trajectories of sHLA-G levels across pregnancy are same in the mothers delivering AGA as compared to those delivering SGA.