. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Reprod Sci. 2012 May 30;19(12):1260–1267. doi: 10.1177/1933719112447124

Table 2.

Characteristics of study subjects and levels of blood pressure

	Normal pregnancy (n = 6)	Preeclampsia (n = 7)
Maternal age (years)	28 ± 1	28 ± 2
Gestational weeks at delivery	39.0 ± 0.4	39 ± 0.5
No of primigravida (%)	6 (100%)	6 (86%)
Cesarean section (n)	3	2
Vaginal delivery (n)	3	5
Infant birth weight (grams)	3796 ± 121	3401 ± 201
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	111 ± 2	156 ± 5^*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	73 ± 2	94 ± 2^*

Means ± SEM. (*) – P < 0.001 vs. normal pregnant subjects, two-tailed t-test.