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.
Table 1: Demographic Maternal and Neonatal Characteristics.