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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Sep 24;97(1):78–87. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.07.018

TABLE 1:

Baseline characteristics of participants

VARIABLE Normotensive Pregnancy (N= 544) Nulliparous (N= 62) Hypertensive Pregnancy (N= 102) Preeclamptic Pregnancy (N= 17) P-value
Age (years) 60 (8) 54 (10) 59 (9) 58 (9) < .001
Race, n (%)
African American 306 (56.2) 18 (29.0) 55 (53.9) 5 (29.4)
White 238 (43.8) 44 (71.0) 47 (46.1) 12 (70.6)
Education, n (%) .03
Less than 8 years 15 (2.8) 2 (3.2) 7 (6.9) 1 (5.9)
9–11 years 55 (10.1) 2 (3.2) 12 (11.8) 2 (11.7)
12 years/GED 202 (37.1) 14 (22.6) 32 (31.3) 3 (17.7)
> 12 years 272 (50.0) 44 (71.0) 51 (50.0) 11 (64.7)
History of smoking, n (%) 189 (34.7) 22 (35.5) 22 (21.6) 7 (41.2) .05
Body Mass Index, n (%) .02
Underweight (BMI <18.5) 3 (0.6) 0 0 0
Normal Weight (BMI =18.5–24.9) 84 (15.4) 13 (21.0) 9 (8.8) 3 (17.7)
Overweight (BMI = 25.0 − <30) 185 (34.0) 19 (30.7) 20 (19.6) 3 (17.7)
Obese (BMI ≥ 30) 272 (50.0) 30 (48.3) 73 (71.6) 11 (64.6)
Hypertension, n (%) 356 (65.4) 42 (67.7) 94 (92.2) 14 (82.4) < 0.001
Dyslipidemia, n (%) 420 (77.2) 48 (77.4) 65 (63.7) 11 (64.7) 0.03
Diabetes, n (%) 81 (14.9) 7 (11.29) 19 (18.6) 5 (29.4) 0.38
Aspirin Use, n (%) 159 (29.2) 19 (30.7) 35 (34.3) 6 (35.3) 0.88
Hormone Replacement Therapy, n (%) 191 (35.1) 27 (43.6) 34 (33.3) 7 (41.2) 0.53
Family History of Hypertension, n (%) 523 (96.1) 59 (95.2) 101 (99.0) 17 (100) 0.41
Family History of CHD, n (%) 280 (51.5) 31 (50.0) 56 (54.9) 10 (58.8) 0.86
Family History of Diabetes, n (%) 328 (60.3) 28 (45.2) 55 (53.9) 11 (64.7) 0.10
History of CHD, n (%) 17 (3.1) 3 (4.8) 4 (3.9) 0 (0) 0.76
History of CVD, n (%) 9 (1.7) 2 (3.2) 1 (1.0) 3 (17.7) < 0.01

n=725; The P-values of Continuous variables were calculated with Kruskal-Wallis test and the differences between categorical variables were tested with the Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact tests. Results are reported as means with standard deviations, frequencies, and percentages for categorical variables.