Table 1. Baseline characteristics of PPCM patients and controls.
| PPCM patients (n = 54) | Controls (n = 77) | p-value | |
| Mean age (years) | 26.6 ± 6.7 | 25.7 ± 5.7 | 0.450 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21.6 ± 4.3 | 21.8 ± 4.3 | 0.836 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 119 ± 24 | 123 ± 16 | 0.293 |
| Diastolic BP(mmHg) | 86 ± 18 | 82 ± 12 | 0.099 |
| Pregnancy-induced hypertension, n (%) | 16 (41.0) | 14 (28) | 0.197 |
| Serum creatinine (μmol/l) | 93.2 ± 67.1 | 74.7 ± 19.3 | 0.045* |
| Serum sodium (mmol/l) | 136.9 ± 5.9 | 139.6 ± 4.4 | 0.009* |
| Serum potassium (mmol/l) | 3.9 ± 0.8 | 4.6 ± 0.7 | < 0.001* |
*p-value statistically significant; values are expressed as means ± standard deviations or as numbers with percentages in parentheses.