Table 1.

Patient’s characteristics of the study and control groups

	Pre-eclamptic (n = 10)	Normotensives (n = 50)	p value
	(Study group)	(Control group)
Age (years)	22.6 ± 2.50	21.9 ± 1.91	0.3196
GA (weeks) at delivery	35.7 ± 1.34	39.76 ± 1.079	< 0.0001*
Birth weight of baby	2390 ± 166	3,423 ± 69	<0.0001*
BP (mm of Hg)
20 weeks (Systolic)	113.60 ± 4.35	110.76 ± 4.35	0.0645
(Diastolic)	71.60 ± 1.36	71.68 ± 4.70	0.9579
40 weeks (Systolic)	156.8 ± 4.34	134.00 ± 2.02	<0.0001*
(Diastolic)	102 ± 4.89	86.74 ± 3.28	<0.0001*
Family H/O PIH	3 (30)	6 (12)
Edema	10 (100)	8 (16)
Proteinuria	10 (100)	nil
Retinal changes	3 (30)	nil

Mean ± SD, BP, blood pressure, n (%)

* p values highly significant