Non-pregnant Late pregnant p value Power  
  (n=47) (n=23)    
Age (year) 29 (25~36) 31 (28~33) 0.511 0.066
Gestational age (week) NA 34 (32~38) NA NA
Body height (cm) 160.0 (158.0~163.0) 160.0 (156.0~163.0) 0.552 0.106
Body weight (Kg) 52.0 (50.0~61.5) 64.0 (61.0~71.5)* <0.001 0.976
BMI (Kg/m2) 20.7 (19.1~22.4) 25.7 (23.9~27.7)* <0.001 0.989
Heart rate (bpm) 75.5 (69.0~84.3) 85.0 (78.3~95.0)* 0.008 0.877
Blood pressure (mmHg)        
Systolic 103.5 (95.5~116.0) 110.0 (91.3~114.0) 0.813 0.068
Diastolic 68.0 (62.8~77.3) 64.0 (51.0~73.5) 0.125 0.611
Mean pressure 78.5 (72.7~90.2) 80.0 (64.8~86.0) 0.315 0.362
Pulse pressure 36.0 (32.0~42.0) 41.5 (39.0~49.3)* 0.007 0.761
Right hand pulse harmonics
TPp (au2) 20150(17480~23220) 19140 (14850~20580)* 0.047 0.463
nP1 65.9 (60.8~71.6) 65.0 (57.6~72.9) 0.671 0.086
nP2 9.6 (9.0~12.1) 17.2 (13.6~23.9)* <0.001 ~1.000
nP3 3.1 (2.0~4.0) 2.6 (2.1~3.1) 0.133 0.568
nP4 0.59 (0.35~0.82) 0.70 (0.52~0.79) 0.416 0.063
nP5 0.33 (0.21~0.42) 0.17 (0.11~0.28)* <0.001 0.936
nP6 0.09 (0.06~0.18) 0.02 (0.02~0.06)* <0.001 0.806
nP7 0.02 (0.01~0.04) 0.01 (0.01~0.02)* <0.001 0.605
nP8 0.008 (0.005~0.013) 0.004 (0.002~0.010)* 0.007 0.447
Left hand pulse harmonics 
TPp (au2) 23180 (19420~25340) 20640 (16440~23810) 0.074 0.491
nP1 65.1 (58.7~72.3) 63.2 (57.6~70.7) 0.617 0.065
nP2 9.5 (8.3~11.8) 19.5 (11.1~21.2)* <0.001 ~1.000
nP3 2.5 (2.0~3.5) 2.3 (1.8~2.9) 0.154 0.589
nP4 0.46 (0.30~0.68) 0.61 (0.40~0.73) 0.245 0.066
nP5 0.24 (0.19~0.33) 0.16 (0.12~0.22)* <0.001 0.94
nP6 0.08 (0.05~0.13) 0.03 (0.02~0.05)* <0.001 0.978
nP7 0.02 (0.01~0.03) 0.01 (0.01~0.01)* <0.001 0.869
nP8 0.007 (0.006~0.011) 0.003 (0.002~0.010)* <0.001 0.916
Table 1: The clinical characteristics of the non-pregnant and late pregnant women. All data are presented as medians (25%~75%). *p< 0.05 vs non-pregnant women. NA : Not applicable; BPM: Beat per minute