Significance of Maternal and Cord Blood Nucleated Red Blood Cell Count in Pregnancies Complicated by Preeclampsia

Table 1

Comparative study of maternal and neonatal characteristics in preeclampsia and control groups.

Characteristics	Preeclampsia (𝑛=50)	Controls (𝑛=50)	𝑃 value
(A) Maternal profile
Age in years (mean ± SD)	26.8 ± 4.5	27.3 ± 3.8	0.537*
Systolic blood pressure—mm of Hg (mean ± SD)	155.0 ± 9.1	115.9 ± 12.7	0.00*
Diastolic blood pressure—mm of Hg (mean ± SD)	93.7 ± 6.1	72.5 ± 8.5	0.00*
Corrected WBC count/mm^3 (mean ± SD)	11,755 ± 4,837	11,709 ± 5,965	0.519*
Gestational age at delivery in weeks (mean ± SD)	35.2 ± 3.1	38.5 ± 1.1	0.00*
Caesarean section (𝑛/%)	34 (68)	25 (50)	0.103**
Vaginal delivery (𝑛/%)	16 (32)	25 (50)
Nullipara (𝑛/%)	27 (54)	18 (36)	0.107**
Multipara (𝑛/%)	23 (46)	32 (64)
(B) Neonatal profile
Corrected cord blood WBC count/mm^3 (mean ± SD)	9,875 ± 4,920	11,157 ± 4,406	0.171*
Birth weight in grams (mean ± SD)	2171.0 ± 805.3	2976.1 ± 473.3	0.00*
Birth weight <2500 g (𝑛/%)	29 (58)	1 (2)	0.00**
IUGR (𝑛/%)	17 (34)	0 (0)	0.00**
APGAR at 5 min <7 (𝑛/%)	8 (16)	1 (2)	0.031**
Assisted ventilation (𝑛/%)	10 (20)	1 (2)	0.008**
RDS (𝑛/%)	14 (28)	0 (0)	0.00**
NICU admissions (𝑛/%)	21 (42)	1 (2)	0.00**
Neonatal deaths (𝑛/%)	1 (2)	0 (0)	1.00**

 *Independent 𝑡-test; **Chi-square test.