Table 1.
Characteristic | Normotensive pregnancy (n=391, 92%) |
Preeclamptic pregnancy (n=50, 8%) |
p-value for independence |
|
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Age category | <25 years | 48 (13%) | 4 (11%) | |
25-<30 years | 72 (19%) | 13 (26%) | 0.74 | |
30-<35 years | 151 (38%) | 19 (35%) | ||
≥35 years | 120 (30%) | 14 (27%) | ||
Race/ethnicity | White | 229 (59%) | 31 (65%) | |
African American | 57 (15%) | 12 (23%) | 0.13 | |
Other | 105 (26%) | 7 (13%) | ||
Health insurance | Private | 214 (82%) | 40 (83%) | 0.88 |
Public | 68 (18%) | 9 (17%) | ||
Education | High school/technical | 113 (29%) | 19 (33%) | |
Junior or some college | 106 (28%) | 18 (34%) | 0.45 | |
College degree+ | 163 (43%) | 13 (32%) | ||
Body mass index | < 25 kg/m2 | 218 (56%) | 13 (28%) | |
25–30 kg/m2 | 107 (28%) | 12 (25%) | <0.01 | |
>30 kg/m2 | 63 (16%) | 25 (47%) | ||
Tobacco use in pregnancy | No | 370 (94%) | 45 (94%) | 0.88 |
Yes | 21 (6%) | 5 (6%) | ||
Alcohol use in pregnancy | No | 363 (94%) | 49 (97%) | 0.55 |
Yes | 19 (6%) | 1 (3%) | ||
Parity | Nulliparous | 169 (44%) | 26 (52%) | 0.35 |
Parous | 222 (56%) | 24 (48%) | ||
Use of ART | No | 360 (92%) | 41 (79%) | <0.01 |
Yes | 31 (8%) | 9 (21%) | ||
Preterm birth | No | 301 (90%) | 19 (62%) | <0.01 |
Yes | 90 (10%) | 31 (38%) | ||
Fetal sex | Male | 170 (44%) | 31 (69%) | <0.01 |
Female | 221 (55%) | 19 (31%) |