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Table 2 Characteristics of women with clinical risk factors for pre-eclampsia (PE) who developed PE, by subtype

From: Prediction of pre-eclampsia and its subtypes in high-risk cohort: hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin in multivariate models

Maternal Characteristics

Early-onset PE n = 9

Late-onset PE n = 25

p-value*

Severe PE n = 17

Non-severe PE n = 17

p-value*

Age, mean years (SD)

32.4 (4.9)

31.2 (6.1)

0.22

32.6 (5.5)

30.4 (6.0)

0.05

BMI, pre-pregnancy (kg/m2) (SD)

29.5 (8.1)

29.8 (7.1)

0.96

28.0 (7.2)

31.5 (7.1)

0.27

Primiparous, n (%)

2 (22.2)

2 (9.5)

1.00

7 (41.2)

2 (11.8)

0.02

Infertility treatment, n (%)

3 (33.3)

15 (60.0)

1.00

3 (17.6)

1 (7.7)

0.43

Chronic disease, n (%)

5 (56.6)

4 (16.0)

1.00

8 (47.1)

10 (58.8)

0.28

  1. *Binary logistic regression
  2. BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation
  3. Early-onset PE = diagnosed before 34 0/7 weeks of gestation, late-onset PE = diagnosed at or after 34 0/7 weeks of gestation, severe PE = systolic blood pressure ≥ 160 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 110 mmHg and/or proteinuria ≥5 g/24 h, Non-severe PE = PE not fulfilling the criteria of severe pre-eclampsia