Table 1.
Maternal demographic and baseline characteristics.
| N = 55 | |
|---|---|
| Maternal age in years | 31.8 ± 4.9 |
| Pre-pregnancy body mass index | 32.6 ± 8.3 |
| Married | 45 (82) |
| Parity, Nulliparous | 34 (62) |
| Race, White | 51 (93) |
| Ethnicity, Hispanic | 5 (9.1) |
| Current tobacco use | 4(7) |
| Gestational age at delivery in weeks | 37.3 ± 3.1 |
| Mode of Delivery | |
| Vaginal, spontaneous or operative | 23 (42) |
| Cesarean | 32 (58) |
| Neonatal intensive care unit admission | 16 (29) |
| Type of Hypertension | |
| Chronic | 6 (11) |
| Superimposed preeclampsia | 3 (5.5) |
| Gestational | 17 (31) |
| Preeclampsia | 35 (64) |
| Severe features | 19 (35) |
| Inpatient NSAID use | 47 (85) |
| Postpartum day of discharge | 3.2 ± 1.0 |
| Systolic blood pressure mmHg at discharge | 131 ± 10.5 |
| Diastolic blood pressure mmHg at discharge | 77.1 ± 8.9 |
| Antihypertensive medication at discharge | 22 (40) |
| Labetalol | 12 (55) |
| Nifedipine | 4 (18) |
| Labetalol & Nifedipine | 6 (27) |
n, number; %, percent; SD, standard deviation; NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; mmHg, millimeters Mercury.
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Data are expressed as mean ± SD or n (%).