Table 1.
Cohort characteristics by presence of hypertension at postpartum study visit (n=315)
| Normotensive n=224 |
Hypertensive n=91 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) * | 23.5 ± 3.8 | 24.8 ± 4.7 | 0.03 |
| Race | |||
| Black | 157 (70.1) | 59 (64.5) | |
| White | 62 (27.7) | 29 (31.9) | 0.62 |
| Other | 5 (2.2) | 3 (3.3) | |
| Education | |||
| Less than High School | 15 (6.7) | 11 (12.1) | |
| High School or equivalent | 113 (50.7) | 46 (50.6) | 0.41 |
| College and above | 95 (42.4) | 34 (37.4) | |
| Insurance | |||
| Private | 24 (10.8) | 6 (6.6) | |
| Medicaid | 138 (62.2) | 58 (63.7) | 0.67 |
| None at enroll | 58 (26.1) | 27 (30.0) | |
| Smoking (in past 2 years) | 94 (42.2) | 39 (42.9) | 0.95 |
| Nulliparous | 170 (75.9) | 63 (69.2) | 0.22 |
| Pre-pregnancy BMI* | 32.3 ±5.4 | 38.0 ± 7.4 | <0.01 |
| Preterm Birth (<37wks) | 19 (8.5) | 13 (14.3) | 0.11 |
| Pregnancy-associated hypertension | 31 (13.8) | 30 (33.0) | <0.01 |
| Preeclampsia | 9 (4.0) | 13 (14.3) | <0.01 |
| Gestational hypertension | 22 (9.8) | 17 (18.9) | 0.03 |
| Gestational diabetes | 7 (3.1) | 4 (4.4) | 0.58 |
*
Mean ± standard deviation; BMI=body mass index