Table 1 Mean length of stay, average age and type of delivery of mothers with and without preeclampsia (PE) in a hospital in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, in 2016
PE (287/720) | Without PE (433/720) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation | |
Length of stay (days) | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.000* 0.124 |
Age (years) | 25.4 | 7.3 | 26.0 | 7.0 | |
Variable | Absolute value | Percentage | Absolute value | Percentage | |
Vaginal delivery | 82 | 28.6% | 170 | 39.3% | 0.007* |
Caesarean delivery | 205 | 71.4% | 162 | 60.5% | |
Forceps delivery | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | |