Table 1.
Characteristics of Participants at Baseline and Delivery.
| Total
N = 520 |
Normotensive
N = 382 |
Hypertensive†
N = 138 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow-up period (years) | 28.9 ± 10.6 | 26.7 ± 10.1 | 33.3 ± 8.9 | <0.001* |
| Characteristics at enrollment | ||||
| Age (years) | 54.8 ± 8.7 | 53.1 ± 8.0 | 58.3 ± 8.0 | <0.001* |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.9 ± 4.2 | 21.9 ± 2.9 | 24.3 ± 3.6 | <0.001* |
| Menopause | 349 (65.5%) | 222 (58.1%) | 115 (83.3%) | <0.001** |
| Smoking | 0.437** | |||
| Never or former smoker | 499 (93.6%) | 327 (91.6%) | 116 (94.3%) | |
| Current smoker | 34 (6.4%) | 30 (8.4%) | 7 (5.7%) | |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||
| Yes | 172 (32.3%) | 135 (62.2%) | 89 (72.4%) | <0.05** |
| No | 361 (67.7%) | 135 (37.8%) | 34 (27.6%) | <0.05** |
| SBP (mmHg) | 129.3 ± 17.9 | 118.8 ± 10.0 | 143.4 ± 16.0 | <0.001* |
| DBP (mmHg) | 77.9 ± 10.7 | 72.6 ± 7.8 | 85.8 ± 9.7 | <0.001* |
| Delivery characteristics | ||||
| Age at delivery (years) | 25.9 ± 4.2 | 26.3 ± 4.4 | 25.0 ± 3.6 | 0.002* |
| Gestational age ≥37 weeks | 517 (97.0%) | 370 (96.9%) | 134 (97%) | 0.867** |
| Birth weight ≥2,500 g | 505 (94.7%) | 361 (94.5%) | 131 (95.0%) | 0.734** |
Abbreviations: systolic blood pressure (SBP); diastolic blood pressure (DBP)
Values are presented as means ± standard deviations or n (%).
†Antihypertensive medication usage or blood pressures of ≥140/90 mmHg.
* Normotensive group vs Hypertensive group using Student’s t-test.
** Normotensive group vs Hypertensive group using Chi-square test.