Table 1.
Comparison of maternal characteristics across the three groups based on ISSHP categories
|
Classification 1 (n = 42) |
Classification 2 (n = 28) |
Classification 3 (n = 34) |
P value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age (years) | 33.8 | ± | 4.9 | 33.9 | ± | 5.4 | 35.0 | ± | 6.2 | n.s. |
| Pre-pregnancy BMI | 23.4 | ± | 4.4 | 23.0 | ± | 3.6 | 22.1 | ± | 3.1 | n.s. |
| Obesity (BMI > 25 kg/m2) | 13 (31.0%) | 7 (25.0%) | 6 (17.6%) | n.s. | ||||||
| Primiparity | 32 (76.2%) | 16 (57.1%) | 23 (67.6%) | n.s. | ||||||
| Indication of delivery | ||||||||||
| Maternal factors | 33 (78.6%) | 21 (75.0%) | 22 (64.7%) | n.s. | ||||||
| Fetal factors | 9 (21.4%) | 7 (25.0%) | 12 (35.3%) | |||||||
| Gestational age at the PE diagnosis (weeks) | 35.5 | ± | 3.0 | 35.2 | ± | 3.6 | 31.6 | ± | 4.6 | < 0.0001 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; PE, preeclampsia; n.s., not significant; SD, standard deviation; ISSHP, International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%)
P-values < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant