Question: 96

Adrenomedullin, a hormone found in the adrenal gland, participates in blood-pressure and heart-rate control. The level of adrenomedullin is raised in variety of diseases, and medical complications. Including recurrent pregnancy loss, can result. In an article by M. Nakatsuka et al. titles “Increased Plasma Adrenomedullin in Women with Recurrent Pregnancy loss” the plasma level of adrenomedullin for 38 women with recurrent pregnancy loss had a mean of 5.6 pmol/l and a sample standard deviation of 1.9 pmol/l, where pmol/l is an abbreviation of picomoles per liter.

a. Find a 90% confidence interval for the mean plasma level of adrenomedullin for all women with recurrent pregnancy loss.

b. Interpret your answer from part (a).