Table 2.
Demographic variables and risk factors of the study population.
| Characteristic | Controls (n = 78) |
PE cases (n = 86) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age, mean (range) years | 25 (17-36) | 27 (15-38) | 0.067 |
| Gestational age, median (range) weeks | 32 (16-38) | 34 (17-37) | 0.028* |
| Number of pregnancies, median (range) | 2 (1-6) | 2 (1-5) | 0.614 |
| Family history of PE, n (%) | 5 (6.4) | 7 (8.1) | 0.337 |
| Family history of type 2 Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 24 (30.76) | 35 (40.7) | 0.784 |
| Family history of arterial hypertension, n (%) | 31 (39.74) | 37 (43.02) | 0.409 |
| Primipaternity, n (%) | 24 (30.76) | 27 (28.13) | 0.531 |
| Use of barrier contraceptive method, n (%) | 29 (37.18) | 28 (33.55) | 0.392 |
| Nulliparous, n (%) | 28 (35.89) | 35 (40.69) | 0.995 |