Table 1.
Patient demographics
| Total n = 62 |
sPE with Neurologic Features n = 16 |
sPE without Neurologic Features n = 19 |
Preeclampsia n = 8 |
Controls n = 19 |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI (kg/m2) | 34.24 ± 8.9 | 32.40 ± 8.01 | 36.59 ± 9.24 | 34.54 ± 11.20 | 33.26 ± 8.90 | p = 0.53‡ |
| Gestation (weeks) | 34.25 | 31.4 ± 3 .11 | 32.57 ± 4.50 | 35.25 ± 3.66 | 37.8 ± 3.91 | p = 0.12‡ |
| Chronic HTN | 11 | 4 (25%) | 5 (26.3%) | 0 | 2 (10.5%) | p = 0.27† |
| Preexisting DM | 9 | 1 (6.3%) | 4 (21.1%) | 1 (12.5%) | 3 (15.8%) | p = 0.44† |
| Gravidity | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | p = 0.30* |
| Parity | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | p = 0.27* |
Legend:sPE Severe Preeclampsia, HTN Hypertension, DM Diabetes Mellitus
†Compared by χ2
‡Compared by one way ANOVA
*Compared by Kruskal–Wallis