Mild thrombocytopenia indicating maternal organ damage in pre‐eclampsia: a cross‐sectional study

Table 2 Clinical characteristics based on the platelet count levels

	Normal (n = 189)	Mild (n = 51)	Severe (n = 24)	P1	P2	P3
Maternal Age (y.o)^a	33.9 ± 5.2	34.5 ± 5.1	35.7 ± 4.8	1.000	0.333	1.000
Primipara^b	115 (61.2)	33 (64.7)	15 (62.5)	1.000	1.000	1.000
Previous history of pre-eclampsia^b	19 (10.1)	3 (5.9)	1 (4.2)	1.000	1.000	1.000
Low-dose aspirin for prevention^b	2 (1.1)	2 (3.9)	1 (4.2)	0.597	0.605	1.000
Cesarean delivery^b	146 (77.3)	41 (82.0)	22 (91.7)	0.565	0.355	0.565

^a: mean ± standard deviation, statistical significance was calculated with analysis of variance and multiple comparison was conducted with Bonferroni method
^b: n (%), statistical significance was calculated with Fisher’s exact test and multiple comparison was conducted with Hochberg method
Normal, platelet count ≥ 150 × 10⁹/L; Mild, platelet count < 150 × 10⁹/L and ≥ 100 × 10⁹/L; Severe, < 100 × 10⁹/L
P1 normal versus mild; P2 normal versus severe, P3 mild versus severe

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