Table 4 Descriptive results for cardiovascular events vs no cardiovascular events by preeclampsia vs normotensive pregnancy in 5,253 women.

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

 

Preeclampsia (N = 331)

Normotensive pregnancy (N = 4922)

Measurement

No CV event (N = 306)

CV event (N = 25)

p-value

No CV event (N = 4729)

CV event (N = 193)

p-value

Age (yrs)

49 (12)

53 (9)

0.008

47 (17)

54 (10)

<0.001

Height (cm)

162.0 (9.9)

161.0 (8.7)

0.088

163.0 (8.2)

161.0 (8.0)

0.003

Weight (kg)

69.3 (19.6)

76.4 (26.0)

0.683

66.7 (17.1)

70.7 (23.5)

0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

26.6 (7.1)

27.0 (10.5)

0.331

25.2 (6.4)

27.2 (9.7)

<0.001

Mean SBP (mmHg)

130 (23)

135 (22)

0.449

122 (21)

132 (30)

<0.001

Mean DBP (mmHg)

83 ± 9

81 ± 9

0.3

77 (12)

79 (15)

0.009

Mean HR (bpm)

73 ± 11

73 ± 11

0.863

69 (14)

70 (17)

0.458

Glucose (mmol/L

4.6 (0.7)

4,8 (1.8)

0.076

4.6 (0.5)

4.7(0.7)

<0.001

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.3 ± 1.1

5.1 ± 1.1

0.347

5.1 (1.4)

5.1 (1.3)

0.264

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.5 (0.5)

1.5 (0.4)

0.818

1.5 (0.5)

1.5 (0.6)

0.015

Sodium (mmol/L)

140 (2)

140 (2)

0.19

140 (3)

140 (4)

0.347

Potassium (mmol/L)

4.1 (0.4)

4.1 (0.6)

0.922

4.1 (0.4)

4.1 (0.5)

0.028

Urea (mmol/L)

4.8 (1.5)

5.1 (1.2)

0.143

4.6 (1.6)

5.1 (1.7)

<0.001

Creatinine (μmol/L)

66.8 ± 9.4

75.2 ± 17.0

0.028

65 (13)

65 (12)

0.416

Current Hypertension

81/300 (27%)

13/25 (52%)

0.008

351/4631 (7.6%)

47/187 (25.1%)

<0.001

Current Diabetes

8/300 (2.7%)

5/25(20%)

<0.001

49/4631 (1.1%)

10/187 (5.3%)

<0.001

Current Smoker

40/298 (13.4%)

7/25 (28%)

0.047

840/4591 (18.3%)

46/186 (24.7%)

0.027

  1. SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, HR Heart rate, HDL High density lipoprotein, BMI Body Mass Index.
  2. Statistically significant p-values are in bold.
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