Table 2.

Patient characteristics. Details of the patients from whom blood, urine and placenta samples were collected.

Parameters	EP (10)	Control (10)	PE (10)
Maternalage	21 ± 3	30 ± 4	31 ± 2
Gestational age of delivery (wk)	8 ± 2	37 ± 2	35 ± 2
Gestational age at first elevatedBP (wk)	–	–	26 ± 4
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	120 ± 2	124 ± 4	138 ± 2
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	74 ± 5	72 ± 6	100 ± 8
Proteinuria(mg/dl)	–	–	900 ± 50
Placentalweight (g)	20 ± 5	450 ± 100	350 ± 100
Fetalweight (g)	–	3000 ± 130	2300 ± 160