Table 1. Characteristics of pregnancies following kidney transplantation in women with and without preeclampsia.
| Characteristics | Pregnancies with preeclampsia N = 65 |
Pregnancies without preeclampsia N = 110 |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | |||
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 31.5 (5.0) | 31.0 (5.0) | 0.31 |
| Scandinavian ethnicity, n (%) | 54.0 (83) | 104 (94.5) | 0.05 |
| Diabetes mellitus diagnosed before pregnancy, n (%) | 5 (7.7) | 4 (3.6) | 0.20 |
| Gestational diabetes, n (%) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (1.8) | 0.69 |
| Pre-pregnancy proteinuria, n (%) | 2 (3) | 1 (0.9) | 0.18 |
| Preeclampsia in a pregnancy prior to kidney transplantation, n (%) | 15 (23) | 7 (6) | 0.002 |
| Current smoker, n (%) | 0 (0) | 4 (3.6) | 0.15 |
| Immunosuppression | |||
| Prednisolone, n (%) | 63 (97) | 108 (98) | 0.59 |
| Azathioprine, n (%) | 45 (69) | 87 (79) | 0.15 |
| Cylosporine, n (%) | 42 (65) | 51 (50) | 0.02 |
| Pregnancy | |||
| Twin pregnancy, n (%) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (0.9) | 0.61 |
| Gestational age at birth in weeks, mean (SD) | 35.0 (5.0) | 38.0 (2.0) | <0.001 |
| Birthweight in grams, mean (SD) | 2470 (864) | 2998 (546) | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation