Table 2.
Parameters of target organ damage according to pregnancy number
| Characteristic | Pregnancy number ≥ 3 (n = 722) |
Pregnancy number < 3 (n = 415) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| LV ejection fraction, % | 59.4 ± 8.9 | 60.5 ± 7.9 | 0.049 |
| LV ejection fraction < 55% | 115 (18.0) | 43 (12.1) | 0.016 |
| RWT | 0.39 ± 0.08 | 0.38 ± 0.07 | 0.081 |
| RWT > 0.42 | 175 (28.6) | 97 (27.6) | 0.739 |
| LV mass index | 100.2 ± 30.1 | 92.4 ± 27.1 | < 0.001 |
| LV mass index > 95 g/m2 | 292 (50.9) | 121 (35.5) | < 0.001 |
| Septal e’ velocity, cm/s | 5.58 ± 1.86 | 6.73 ± 2.32 | < 0.001 |
| Septal e’ velocity < 7 cm/s | 448 (74.5) | 189 (55.8) | < 0.001 |
| Septal E/e’ | 11.9 ± 5.2 | 10.5 ± 4.1 | < 0.001 |
| Septal E/e’ >15 | 87 (17.3) | 32 (10.1) | 0.004 |
| Obstructive CAD, yes | 384 (55.9) | 136 (35.4) | < 0.001 |
| CAD extent | 0.001 | ||
| Insignificant | 303 (44.1) | 248 (64.6) | |
| One-vessel disease | 229 (33.3) | 90 (23.4) | |
| Two-vessel disease | 103 (15.0) | 32 (8.3) | |
| Three-vessel disease | 52 (7.6) | 14 (3.6) |
Numbers are expressed as mean ± SD or n (%). LV, left ventricular; RWT, relative wall thickness; LA, left atrial; CAD, coronary artery disease