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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertens Pregnancy. 2016 Dec 21;36(2):131–137. doi: 10.1080/10641955.2016.1250905

Table 2:

Characteristics of cases and controls at follow-up.

Characteristic Cases
31.1%(n=130)
Controls
68.9%(n=288)
p
value
Current age, mean (SD) 36.1 (9.6) 35.9 (9.0) 0.832
Current body-mass index (SD) 34.3 (7.24) 31.6 (7.53) 0.001
Mean systolic BP 127.2 (13.2) 121.3 (12.1) 0.001
Mean diastolic BP 76.2 (9.0) 72.6 (8.6) 0.001
Hypertensive medication use (% yes) 35/130 (26.9%) 25/288 (8.7%) 0.001
Study-defined, subsequent hypertension, any BMI increase 41/130 (31.5%) 29/288 (10.1%) 0.001
Subsequent hypertension among those with less than median BMI increase 22/60 (36.7%) 14/140 (10.0%) 0.001
Subsequent hypertension among those with more than median BMI increase 17/65 (26.2%) 15/135 (11.1%) 0.012
Follow-up time from pregnancy to current analysis (years) 13.5 (7.1) 12.9 (6.7) 0.421