Table 1.

Clinicopathological Characteristics of the Study Groups

Clinicopathological parameters	Control (n = 45)	Preeclampsia (n = 45)	P‐value
Maternal age (years; mean ± SE)	21.53 ± 0.410	22.29 ± 0.446	0.216
Gestational age (weeks; mean ± SE)	37.62 ± 0.485	38.58 ± 0.366	0.120
Gravidity (no. /%)
1	22/48.9	23/51.1	0.891
2	18/40.0	16/35.6
3	5/11.1	6/13.3
Parity (no. /%)
0	22/48.9	21/46.7	0.945
1	18/40.0	18/40.0
2	5/11.1	6/13.3
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg; mean ± SE)	117.73 ± 0.368	145.07 ± 1.730	0.0001*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg; mean ± SE)	77.40 ± 0.520	100.13 ± 1.247	0.0001*
Urine albumin (no. /%)
0	45/100	0/0.0	0.0001*
1	0/0.0	15/33.3
2	0/0.0	19/42.2
3	0/0.0	11/24.4
Edema (no. /%)
0	45/100	31/68.9	0.0001*
1	0/0.0	14/31.1
Baby weight (kg; mean ± SE)	3.133 ± 0.0360	2.016 ± 0.0360	0.0001*
Mode of delivery (no. /%)	VD = 42/93.3 CS = 3/6.7	VD = 39/86.7 CS = 6/13.3	0.292

Data are represented as mean ± standard error or number/percentage as per requirement. Mann–Whitney U‐test and Wilcoxon W test (Asymp. sig. (two‐tailed]).

*P < 0.05 is considered significant.