|   | 
        Severe Preeclampsia | 
        Healthy Parturients | 
        P | 
       
      
        | Age (years) | 
        24.8 ± 5.8 | 
        25.2 ± 6.2 | 
        0.83 # | 
       
      
        | Body weight (kg) | 
        79.1 ± 15.7 | 
        69.4 ± 12.3 | 
        0.04 # | 
       
      
        | Height (cm) | 
        160.2 ± 5.6 | 
        157.1 ± 7.5 | 
        0.15 # | 
       
      
        | Number of pregnancies | 
        2.26 ± 1.59 | 
        2.95 ± 1.95 | 
        0.23 # | 
       
      
        | Gestational age (weeks) | 
        35.9 ± 2.9 | 
        38.6 ± 2,3 | 
        0.003 # | 
       
      
        | Newborn birth weight (g) | 
        2596 ± 733 | 
        3182 ± 511 | 
        0.006 # | 
       
      
        | 1-minute APGAR | 
        7.79 ± 1.13 | 
        8.25 ± 1.0 | 
        0.20 * | 
       
      
        | 5-minute APGAR | 
        8.79 ± 0.85 | 
        9.20 ± 0.76 | 
        0.12 * | 
       
     
      # Data are mean ± SD, * median (range). Unpaired Student’s t-test; Mann-Whitney 
    U-test; Chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test. |