Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Pregnant Patients, Stratified By the Presence or Absence of a Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event

From: Maternal age and pregnancy-related cardiovascular complications

Characteristica

Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event (N = 13,744)

No Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event (N = 2,697,239)

Age, mean (SD), yrs.

30.9 (6.2)

29.3 (5.8)

Race or ethnicity, no. (%)

 white

6194 (45.4%)

1,450,389 (54.3%)

 Black

4702 (34.4%)

487,419 (18.2%)

 Hispanic

1696 (12.4%)

435,390 (16.3%)

 Asian or Pacific Islander

414 (3.0%)

142,011 (5.3%)

 Native American

36 (0.3%)

8058 (0.3%)

 Other

613 (4.5%)

148,262 (5.5%)

Insurance, no. (%)

 Medicaid

6922 (50.4%)

1,126,896 (41.8%)

 Private

5887 (42.9%)

1,429,854 (53.0%)

 Medicare

363 (2.6%)

20,793 (0.8%)

 Self-pay

206 (1.5%)

41,808 (1.6%)

 No charge

12 (0.1%)

2020 (0.1%)

 Other

342 (2.5%)

74,023 (2.7%)

Upper half of household income, no. (%)

5469 (39.8%)

1,248,798 (46.3%)

Geographic region, no. (%)

 Midwest

1665 (12.1%)

404,974 (15.0%)

 Northeast

4073 (29.6%)

910,715 (33.8%)

 South

7543 (54.9%)

1,272,969 (47.2%)

 West

463 (3.4%)

108,581 (4.0%)

Charlson comorbidity index, mean (SD)

0.2 (0.4)

0.1 (0.3)

Comorbidities, no. (%)

 Hypertension

1549 (11.3%)

118,768 (4.4%)

 Chronic pulmonary disease (asthma)

1384 (10.1%)

142,435 (5.3%)

 Diabetes mellitus

321 (2.3%)

18,464 (0.7%)

 Renal disease

243 (1.8%)

2444 (0.1%)

 Rheumatic disease

165 (1.2%)

7614 (0.3%)

 Liver disease, mild

159 (1.2%)

10,122 (0.4%)

 Liver disease, moderate

161 (1.2%)

2980 (0.1%)

 Malignancy

86 (0.6%)

1472 (0.1%)

 Metastatic cancer

19 (0.1%)

140 (0.0%)

 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

19 (0.1%)

488 (0.0%)

 Peptic ulcer disease

16 (0.1%)

350 (0.0%)

  1. aAge, race and ethnicity, insurance, and estimated household income are reported per standardized variables provided by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.