Table 1 Maternal and infantile characteristics in women with early- and late-onset preeclampsia

From: Evaluation of a new and automated electrochemiluminescence immunoassay for plasma sFlt-1 and PlGF levels in women with preeclampsia

  

Onset of preeclampsia

 
 

All women with preeclampsia (n=34)

Early onset (n=15)

Late onset (n=19)

P-value

Age (years)

31.7±5.8

32.4±5.7

31.2±6.1

0.543

Prepregnancy body mass index (kg m−2)

22.7±4.0

22.4±4.0

23.0±4.2

0.633

Nulliparous

21 (62%)

10 (67%)

11 (58%)

0.728

Gestational age at onset of preeclampsia (weeks)

32.0±4.7

27.7±3.2

35.5±2.0

<0.001

Gestational age at delivery (weeks)

33.4±4.4

29.5±3.6

36.5±1.9

<0.001

Severe preeclampsia

28 (82%)

14 (93%)

14 (74%)

0.196

HELLP syndrome

2 (6%)

0 (0%)

2 (11%)

0.492

Maximum SBP (mm Hg)

171±14

177±13

166±12

0.017

Maximum DBP (mm Hg)

106±11

108±11

104±12

0.323

Urinary protein >2g per day

19 (56%)

10 (67%)

9 (47%)

0.314

Infant birth weight (g)

1769±919

977±378

2395±708

<0.001

Small-for-gestational-age infants

17 (50%)

11 (73%)

6 (32%)

0.037

  1. Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HELLP, hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme and low platelet; SBP, systolic blood pressure.
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