High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among normotensive and hypertensive pregnant women in Ghana

Table 2 Anthropometric characteristics of the preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant women

Parameters	NP (n = 92)	PE (n = 88)	*p-value*
Height (m)	1.57 ± 0.09	1.60 ± 0.08	0.030
Pre-gestational weight (kg)	65.71 ± 13.84	73.01 ± 14.90	0.001
Pre-gestational BMI (kg/m²)	26.81 ± 5.47	28.80 ± 6.16	0.023
Weight at sampling (kg)	70.40 ± 14.32	78.94 ± 15.48	< 0.0001
BMI at sampling (kg/m²)	28.73 ± 5.64	31.15 ± 6.46	0.008
% body weight gain at sampling	7.37 ± 3.56	8.35 ± 3.76	0.073

Data are presented as mean ± SD. The means of the clinical variables in PE were compared with those of NP using independent (unpaired) t-test. Statistically significant level was set at p-value < 0.05
PE Preeclamptic women, NP Normotensive pregnant control, BMI Body mass index

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