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Table 3 Clinical and biochemical variables of the study participants

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

Parameters

Total (n = 180)

NP (n = 92)

PE (n = 88)

p-value

Age (years)

29.00 ± 4.84

28.74 ± 4.95

29.27 ± 4.74

0.462

GA at sampling (weeks)

31.24 ± 3.29

30.85 ± 3.08

31.65 ± 3.48

0.104

TC (mmol/L)

4.56 ± 1.26

4.32 ± 1.30

4.82 ± 1.18

0.008

TG (mmol/L)

1.14 ± 0.57

1.04 ± 0.44

1.24 ± 0.66

0.017

LDL (mmol/L)

2.90 ± 1.18

2.63 ± 1.05

3.19 ± 1.24

< 0.0001

HDL (mmol/L)

1.14 ± 0.50

1.23 ± 0.45

1.04 ± 0.54

0.001

Mean 25(OH) D (ng/mL)

14.32 ± 7.19

16.00 ± 8.14

12.56 ± 5.56

0.001

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD. The means of the clinical variables in PE were compared with NP using independent t-test. Statistically significant difference was considered at p-value < 0.05
  2. PE Preeclamptic women, NP Normotensive pregnant control, GA Gestational age