Preeclampsia and Future Cardiovascular Risk: Are Women and General Practitioners Aware of This Relationship? The Experience from a Portuguese Centre

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of women answering the questionnaire.

Baseline characteristics of women answering the questionnaire
Age (mean)	25.46
Current body mass index (mean)	26.7
Contraception
None	8
Barrier	10
Combined hormonal	29
Progestin-only pills	9
Subdermal implant	7
Vaginal ring	1
Intrauterine device	10
Female sterilization	4
Mean meals per day	4.7
Aerobic exercise before pregnancy
None	41
Once per month	3
Once per week	7
Twice weekly	6
>twice weekly	21
Aerobic exercise after pregnancy
None	54
Once per month	2
Once per week	6
Twice weekly	7
>twice weekly	9
Appointments with healthcare provider per year (mean)	2.44
Approach to preeclampsia by healthcare provider
Yes	24
No	54
Blood pressure assessment
Never	7
Once per year	26
Once per month	28
Once per week	17
Glycemia assessment
Never	53
Once per year	19
Once per month	5
Once per week	1
Chronic hypertension after pregancy	10