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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics women with early- and late-onset pre-eclampsia

From: Endothelial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia in Ghanaian women

Variable

Early onset PE

Late onset PE

P-value

N = 35

N = 65

Age (years)

30.66 ± 5.75

29.09 ± 5.30

0.175

GA at diagnosis (weeks)

30.74 ± 2.12

35.77 ± 1.49

<0.001b

Ga at Delivery (weeks)

34.29 ± 2.28

36.80 ± 1.20

<0.001b

SBP at diagnosis (mmHg)

175.43 ± 28.84

160.42 ± 12.58

<0.001b

DBP at diagnosis (mmHg)

110.86 ± 12.46

103.82 ± 10.58

0.004a

Birth weight (g)

1862.86 ± 665.57

2723.23 ± 544.26

<0.001b

SBP at delivery (mmHg)

186.97 ± 17.32

174.15 ± 14.88

<0.001b

DBP at delivery (mmHg)

115.09 ± 9.80

110.00 ± 9.52

0.013a

  1. DBP Diastolic blood pressure, SBP Systolic blood pressure, PE Pre-eclampsia, GA Gestational age
  2. aSignificant; bvery Significant; All the values in the Table are presented in mean ± SD