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Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2024 Feb 19;41(9):1113–1119. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1780537

Table 2.

Sleep outcomes at 1 year postpartum

Sleep outcome	Normotensive at 1 year postpartum^a	Hypertensive at 1 year postpartum^b	p-Value^c
	n = 84	n = 70
Global PSQI score^d	7.9 ± 3.6	9.6 ± 3.5	<0.01
Global PSQI score >5 (poor sleep quality)	61 (73%)	64 (91%)	<0.01
Median reported sleep quality^e (scale of 1 = very good; 4 = very bad)	2 [IQR 2–3]	2.5 [IQR 2–3]	0.05
Median reported sleep satisfaction^e (scale of 1 = very dissatisfied; 5 = very satisfied)	n = 52 3 [IQR 2–4]	n = 66 2 [IQR 2–4]	0.04
Reported hours slept per night^d	6.6 ± 1.3	7.2 ± 2.5	0.12

Abbreviation: PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Data are reported as n (%), unless otherwise indicated.

Mean systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥130 mm Hg or mean diastolic BP ≥ 80 mm Hg over three measurements at rest, or requiring antihypertensive medication.

p-Values indicate the statistical testing result from two-sample t-tests for normally distributed continuous variables, Mann–Whitney U tests for non-normally distributed continuous variables, or Pearson’s chi-square for categorical variables.

Data are reported as mean ± standard deviation.

Data are reported as median [interquartile range].