Table 1 Characteristics of the cohort at the time of the study visit.

From: Impact of preeclampsia on cardiovascular events: An analysis of the Generation Scotland: Scottish family health study

Measurement

Nulliparous (N = 3693)

Parous (N = 5253)

p-value

Age-adjusted p-value

Age (yrs)

49.4 ± 18.1

46.5 ± 10.9

<0.001

N/a

Height (cm)

161.9 ± 6.8

162.6 ± 6.3

<0.001

0.032

Weight (kg)

70.2 ± 15.4

69.7 ± 14.7

0.0182

0.139

BMI (kg/m2)

26.8 ± 5.8

26.3 ± 5.4

0.001

0.015

Mean SBP (mmHg)

130.9 ± 19.3

125.6 ± 17.1

<0.001

<0.001

Mean DBP (mmHg)

78.5 ± 10.1

77.8 ± 10.0

0.004

0.608

Mean HR (bpm)

71.0 ± 11.1

70.4 ± 10.7

0.009

0.001

Glucose (mmol/L

4.8 ± 1.0

4.7 ± 1.0

<0.001

0.007

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.1 ± 1.1

5.2 ± 1.1

<0.001

<0.001

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.583 ± 0.414

1.582 ± 0.410

0.89

0.175

Sodium (mmol/L)

139.6 ± 2.5

139.8 ± 2.3

0.003

<0.001

Potassium (mmol/L)

4.17 ± 0.46

4.13 ± 0.41

<0.001

<0.001

Urea (mmol/L)

5.0 ± 1.6

4.8 ± 1.2

<0.001

<0.001

Creatinine (μmol/L)

67.9 ± 12.3

66.4 ± 10.4

<0.001

<0.001

Current hypertension

606/3637 (16.7%)

492/5143 (9.6%)

<0.001

 

Current diabetes

123/3637 (3.4%)

72/5143 (1.4%)

<0.001

 

Current smoker

563/3583 (15.7%)

933/5100 (18.3%)

0.002

 
  1. The table displays the comparison of clinical and biochemical measurements taken at time of recruitment to GS-SFHS in remaining 8946 women following exclusion of ineligible participants.
  2. SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure,
  3. HR Heart rate, HDL High density lipoprotein, BMI Body Mass Index.
  4. *Data are displayed as mean ± standard deviation
  5. Statistically significant p-values are in bold.
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