Table 2.

Correlations between maternal factors and blood pressure

	Third trimester of pregnancy		One month postpartum
	SBP	DBP	SBP	DBP
Maternal age	0.036	−0.014	0.133**	0.049
Duration of pregnancy	−0.015	0.063	−0.002	0.031
Prepregnancy weight	0.203**	0.071	0.231**	0.096
Prepregnancy BMI	0.177**	0.067	0.214**	0.059
Delivery weight	0.202**	0.073	0.249**	0.146**
Gestational weight gain	0.009	0.011	0.043	0.043
Maternal weight one month postpartum	0.184**	0.060	0.250**	0.143**

Notes: Pearson’s correlation coefficient:

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.