TABLE 2.
Demographic characteristics of normal terminal pregnancy and preeclampsia.
| Normal pregnancy | Preeclampsia | p-value | ||
| N | 20 | 20 | ||
| Maternal age (years; mean ± SD) | 34.4 ± 4.3 | 31.5 ± 5.4 | 0.063 | >0.05 |
| BMI (kg/m2; mean ± SD) | 26.81 ± 3.94 | 29.45 ± 4.15 | 0.046 | * |
| Gestational age at delivery (weeks; mean ± SD) | 38.0 ± 1.4 | 35.0 ± 3.1 | 0.0001 | *** |
| Blood pressure | ||||
| Systolic (mmHg; mean ± SD) | 117.9 ± 11.9 | 167.2 ± 12.3 | 0.0001 | *** |
| Diastolic (mmHg; mean ± SD) | 74.8 ± 7.5 | 103.4 ± 10.2 | 0.0001 | *** |
| Proteinuria | − | −(2 cases) | ||
| +∼++(9 cases) | ||||
| +++∼++++(9 cases) | ||||
| Birth weight (g; mean ± SD) | 3,305.0 ± 497.0 | 2,398.3 ± 751.0 | 0.0001 | *** |
| Fetal gender | Female: 12 | Female: 11 | >0.05 | |
| Male: 8 | Male: 9 |
*p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001.