Table 3. Cardiovascular disease risk factors in women with prior preeclampsia compared to control subjects.

Characteristic	Prior preeclampsia (n = 49)	Controls (n = 22)	P value
Systolic BP, mm Hg	114.6 ± 10.9	102.3 ± 7.5	< .001
Diastolic BP, mm Hg	67.6 ± 7.5	60.9 ± 3.6	< .001
FMD (% change)	4.5 [2−6.7]	8.8 [4.5−9.1]	< .05
NMD (% change)	19.4 [16.4−23]	22.5 [16.8−26.3]	.2
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	166.0 ± 30.0	169.6 ± 41.4	.7
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	46.0 ± 10.7	51.3 ± 9.3	< .05
Triglycerides, mg/dL	69 [52−100]	55 [45−80]	.2
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	104 [84−123]	103 [83−114]	.6
LDL peak buoyancy (Rf)	0.276 ± 0.022	0.289 ± 0.016	.02
Hepatic lipase activity, nmol/mL/min	308 [224−393]	243 [217−286]	.04

Data are mean ± SD or median [25th—75th percentile].

BP, blood pressure; FMD, flow-mediated dilatation; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; NMD, nitroglycerine-mediated dilatation; RF, relative flotation rate.