Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of preeclamptic patients and their gestational age-matched controls.

Demographic	Preterm control (n = 3)	Early onset PE (n = 3)	Term control (n = 3)	Term PE (n = 3)
Age (years)
Mean	28.33	34	32.33	33.66
Range	23–35	32–41	28–37	21–43
Parity
Nullipara	3	3	1	2
Multipara	0	0	2	1
Gestational age at delivery
Mean (weeks)	31.43	29.90	38.87	37.76
Range	29.0–33.7	28.6–31.0	38.4–39.6	36.6–39.3
Cesarean delivery	1	3	3	2
Max sBP	115 ± 5.51	172 ± 6.11**	120 ± 1.53	158 ± 4.62**
Max dBP	74.67 ± 7.06	109.67 ± 6.89*	79.67 ± 1.20	101.33 ± 0.88***
Proteinuria (dip stick)	Negative or NA	3–4	NA	1–4
AST (u/L)	NA	43–45	NA	14–38
ALT (u/L)	NA	34–100	NA	10–20
Creatinine (mg/dL)	NA	50–70	NA	48–56
Chorioamnionitis	2	0	0	0
Umbilical artery Doppler
>1.6 or notching	No	Yes	NA	NA
Birthweight (g)	1830 ± 321.9	1280 ± 230.9	3706.7 ± 49.1	2903.3 ± 278.7*
Birthweight percentile
>10 and ≤ 50	0	3	3	1
>50 and ≤ 90	3	0	0	2
Gender
Male	0	1	1	2
Female	3	2	2	1

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01; and

^***P < 0.001 vs. corresponding control. NA, not available.