Table 1.
Clinical and demographic description of study population
| Average Blood Pressure ± SE (mmHg) | PROTEINURIA | RACE | PARITY | MATERNAL AGE (years) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antepartum | Intrapartum | Postpartum | Malay | Chinese | Indian | 0 | 1 - 4 | > 5 | 17 - 24 | 25 - 28 | 29 - 32 | 33 - 36 | 37 - 44 | |||||
| Systolic | Dystolic | Systolic | Dystolic | Systolic | Dystolic | |||||||||||||
| Normotensive | 112 ± 1 | 72 ± 1 | 120 ± 2 | 74 ± 1 | 107 ± 3 | 69 ± 2 | Nil | 59 | 21 | 37 | 51 | 65 | 1 | 23 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 4 |
| GH | 143 ± 2 | 90 ± 2 | 147 ± 3 | 91 ± 2 | 123 ± 3 | 81 ± 2 | Nil | 30 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
SE = Standard Error
mmHg = milimetres of mercury