Table 1 Basic characteristics

From: The association between blood pressure control in women during pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcomes: the TMM BirThree Cohort Study

 

Normal BP (n = 17,476)

High BP (n = 604)

Controlled BP (n = 42)

Uncontrolled BP (n = 33)

P value

Maternal age (years)

31.8 ± 4.9

32.9 ± 5.2

35.0 ± 5.3

35.9 ± 5.7

<0.0001

Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

21.3 ± 3.3

24.0 ± 5.1

26.0 ± 7.2

24.9 ± 5.5

<0.0001

Maternal smoking

    

0.1

  Never

10,650 (60.9)

345 (57.1)

24 (57.1)

17 (51.5)

 

  Stop smoking before/after pregnancy

6447 (36.9)

238 (39.4)

18 (42.9)

16 (48.5)

 

  Current

379 (2.2)

21 (3.5)

0

0

 

Maternal alcohol consumption

    

0.2

  Never

7949 (45.5)

302 (50.0)

18 (42.9)

12 (36.4)

 

  Stop drinking

6045 (34.6)

195 (32.3)

17 (40.5)

18 (54.6)

 

  Drinking

3444 (19.7)

105 (17.4)

7 (16.7)

3 (9.1)

 

  Missing

38 (0.2)

2 (0.3)

0

0

 

Maternal systolic BP at 1st trimester (mmHg)

110.7 ± 11.3

127.3 ± 13.6

125.9 ± 16.7

138.0 ± 14.2

<0.0001

Maternal diastolic BP at 1st trimester (mmHg)

64.3 ± 8.9

77.1 ± 10.6

80.2 ± 12.1

86.2 ± 9.6

<0.0001

Maternal glucose level at 1st trimester (mg/dl)

84.5 ± 15.0

87.1 ± 13.1

93.0 ± 19.2

84.3 ± 10.6

0.0003

Proteinuria at 1st trimester

    

<0.0001

  ± or less

16,183 (92.6)

530 (87.8)

34 (81.0)

24 (72.7)

 

  + 1 or more at least once

936 (5.4)

49 (8.1)

3 (7.1)

2 (6.1)

 

  Missing

357 (2.0)

25 (4.1)

5 (11.9)

7 (21.2)

 

Maternal systolic BP after 20 gestational weeks (mmHg)

110.5 ± 8.3

130.3 ± 8.2

120.7 ± 8.7

135.3 ± 5.7

<0.0001

Maternal diastolic BP after 20 gestational weeks (mmHg)

63.6 ± 6.8

79.7 ± 7.2

73.3 ± 7.2

85.6 ± 6.9

<0.0001

Maternal antihypertensive drug use

  Last year before pregnancy

32 (0.2)

6 (1.0)

24 (57.1)

15 (45.5)

<0.0001

  1st trimester

0

0

30 (71.4)

23 (69.7)

<0.0001

  2nd trimester

0

0

35 (83.3)

27 (81.8)

<0.0001

  1. BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure
  2. Data are displayed as counts (percentages) or means ± standard deviations, as appropriate
  3. Glucose level was available for 11,416 pregnant women