Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for selected characteristics for pregnant women with and without LEPVI, Spain 2015.

Characteristics	LEPVI % (N)	No LEPVI % (N)	P-value
Total	1.1 (2,887)	98.9% (253,644)
Age, mean (SD)	33.55 (4.97)	31.49 (5.59)	<0.001
Smoking (%)	7.9 (229)	6.6 (16,812)	0.006
Obesity (%)	2,8 (80)	1.7 (4,287)	<0.001
Hypertension (%)	2.7 (77)	2.7 (6,725)	0.95
Diabetes (5)	5.7 (164)	5.3 (13,491)	0.38
Asthma (%)	2.3 (67)	1.7 (4,392)	0.015
Hypothyroidism (%)	7.7 (227)	6.5 (16,610)	0.022
Coagulopathy Disorder (%)	1.0 (29)	0.5 (1,383)	0.002
Anemia	1.9 (54)	1.4 (3,564)	0.039
Charlson index score (%)
0 1 2	96.8 (2,795) 3.1 (89) 0.1 (3)	97.4 (247,163) 2.4 (6,207) 0.1 (274)	0.090

Myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arteriovascular disorders, paralysis, renal disease, liver disease, rheumatic disease, AIDS/HIV, peptic ulcer disease excluding bleeding, depression, dementia, alcohol and drugs consumption are <1% in both groups. None of them were statistically significant. P-values were obtained from chi-squared statistics with the exception of the one for age (t-test). LEPVI, varicose veins in lower extremities and/or pelvis; N, number of patients; %, percentage; SD, standard deviation.