3.1 Clinical characteristics of women with ICP and normal
pregnant women
Table 1 depicts the clinical characteristics of ICP and normal pregnant
women. There was no significant difference in maternal age, body mass
index (BMI), gravity number, parity number and placenta weight between
ICP and normal pregnant group (p >0.05), the gestational age at
delivery was lower in both mild ICP and severe ICP group. The levels of
TBA, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase
(AST) were significantly higher in both mild and severe ICP group
compared with normal pregnancy. In addition, ICP patients had
significantly lower fetal birth weight compared with healthy controls.