Table 2.

Demographic features of patients and controls

	PE cases (n = 120)	Controls (n = 120)	P-value
Age (years)	26·54 ± 4·603	24·73 ± 4·2	0·0017*
Gestational age (weeks)	25·26 ± 3·84	24·38 ± 4·14	0·0891
Primiparity n (%)	63 (52·5)	68 (56·6)	0·6041
SBP	137·16 ± 9·63	116 ± 4·919	<0·0001**
DBP	91·16 ± 6·88	73 ± 4·78	<0·0001**
Mode of delivery
Normal n (%)	58 (48·3)	69 (56·6)
Caesarean n (%)	62 (51·6)	51 (42·5)	0·1962
Fetal growth
IUGR n (%)	17 (14·1)	7 (5·8)
IUD n (%)	37 (30·8)	2 (1·6)	0·02278*
Birth weight (kg)	2·609 ± 0·426	3·23 ± 0·297	<0·0001**

^*P-value < 0·05;

^**P < 0·0001.

SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; IUGR = intrauterine growth restriction; IUD = intrauterine death; PE = pre-eclampsia.