Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of Patient Groups

Variable	Normal pregnant women (n = 18)	Preeclamptic women (n = 21)
Maternal age (years)	26.1 ± 1.3	24.6 ± 1.0
Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)	26.2 ± 1.2	30.7 ± 1.6⁎
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	117.1 ± 2.3	166.8 ± 2.4⁎⁎
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	70.18 ± 1.8	93.5 ± 2.6⁎⁎
Proteinuria (mg/24 hours)	ND	286.8 ± 21.6 (n = 8)
Dipstick	ND	2.7 ± 0.3 (n = 13)
Parity
Primiparous	3	15
Multiparous	15	6
Gestational age (weeks)	39.2 ± 0.2	35.4 ± 0.9⁎⁎
Infant birth weight (g)	3503 ± 100	2452 ± 248⁎⁎

Values are presented as mean ± SEM unless otherwise indicated.

BMI, body mass index; ND, not determined.

^⁎P < 0.05,

^⁎⁎P < 0.001 by t-test.