Table 1.

General characteristics and risks factors for PE of the study population.

Characteristic	Controls (n = 69)	Mild PE (n = 60)	Severe PE (n = 48)	p Value
Maternal age, median (range)	26 (17–36)	27 (15–40)	27.5 (17–40)	0.061
Number of pregnancies, mean (range)	2 (1–6)	2 (1–9)	2 (1–5)	0.769
Family history of PE, n (%)	3 (4.35)	3 (5.0)	5 (10.42)	0.364
Family history of mellitus diabetes  type 2, n (%)	27 (39.13)	27 (45.0)	22 (45.83)	0.713
Primipaternity, n (%)	21 (30.43)	21 (35.0)	12 (25.0)	0.533
Use of barrier contraceptive  method, n (%)	25 (36.23)	19 (31.7)	13 (27.1)	0.578
Nulliparous, n (%)	25 (36.23)	22 (36.7)	19 (39.6)	0.663