TABLE 1.
Subject characteristics
| Variable | Nulliparous (n = 216) |
Normotensive pregnancy (n = 1825) |
Hypertensive pregnancy (n = 401) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race, n (%) | |||
| Hispanic | 69 (32) | 543 (30) | 112 (28) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 83 (38) | 508 (28) | 112 (28) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 64 (30) | 774 (42) | 177(44) |
| Significance | a | a | |
| Age, y | 57 ± 13 | 61 ± 10a | 57 ± 11b |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 33 ± 8 | 32 ± 7 | 34 ± 7a,b |
| Education, n (%) | |||
| <High school (≤8 y) | 39 (18) | 456 (25) | 85 (21) |
| Some high school (9-11 y) | 14(6) | 208 (11) | 61 (15) |
| High school graduate or GED (12 y) | 51 (24) | 543 (30) | 116(29) |
| >High school (>12 y) | 112 (52) | 618(34) | 139 (35) |
| Significance | a | a | |
| Ever smoked, n (%) | 69 (32) | 574 (31) | 106 (26)a,b |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 63 (29) | 592 (32) | 152 (38)a,b |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 152 (70) | 1245 (68)a | 329 (82)a,b |
| Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 176(81) | 1414(78) | 297 (74) |
| Statins, n (%) | 40 (19) | 402 (22) | 92 (23) |
| Family history of hypertension, n (%) | 162 (75) | 1291 (71) | 331 (83)b |
| Family history of coronary heart disease, n (%) |
108(50) | 786 (43) | 210 (52)b |
| Hormone replacement therapy, n (%) | 56 (26) | 452 (25) | 91 (23) |
P values are adjusted for age, race, and education for all variables except age, race, and education. Values are mean ± SD or n (%).
BMI, body mass index; GED, general educational development.
a
Significant difference from nulliparous, P < .05
b
Significant difference from normotensive pregnancy, P < .05.