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Clinical Study

Flow-Mediated Vasodilation Is Not Attenuated in Hypertensive Pregnancies Despite Biochemical Signs of Inflammation

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the 60 women examined during pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. Data is presented as means or number of cases (%), minimums, maximums, and standard deviations.
Control, normal pregnancies
( 𝑁 = 3 2 )		Hypertensive pregnancies
( 𝑁 = 1 6 )		Preeclamptic pregnancies
( 𝑁 = 1 2 )		 𝑃 (Kruskall-Wallis test/Chi-square)Pooled
( 𝑁 = 2 8 )		 𝑃 (Mann-Whitney U-test)
Age (years)31
(20–39) ± 4.7		30
(21–41) ± 5.9		32
(25–40) ± 5.3		 0.56531
(21–41) ± 5.6		0.829
Gestational age at the examination day34
(24–38) ± 3.26		36
(31–38) ± 1.72		33
(25–39) ± 4.53		0.02735
(24–39) ± 3.53		0.187
Nulliparous ( 𝑛 /%)18/56.3%14/87.5%5/41.7%0.03119/68%0.356
(Chi-square)
BMI before pregnancy (kg/m2)22.9
(18.7−28.6) ± 2.91		24.4
(19.3−33.8) ± 4.00		25.5
(19.7−32.5) ± 3.76		0.11224.9
(19.3−33.8) ± 3.87		0.069
Gestational age at birth (weeks)40 weeks
(38−42) ± 10 days
(1.4 weeks)		37 weeks
(33−39) ± 6 days
(0.9 weeks)		39 weeks
(35−40) ± 11 days
(1.5 weeks)		<0.00138
(33−40) ± 11 days
(1.6 weeks)		<0.001
Birth weight (grams)3597
(2360−4700) ± 508		2754
(1775−3620) ± 533		3113
(1975−3960) ± 564		<0.0012907
(1775−3960) ± 565		<0.001
Caesarean section ( 𝑁 /%)5/15.6%6/37.5%3/25.0%0.1349/32.1%0.131
(Chi-square)
Apgar at age of 1 minute/five minutes9/99/98/90.276/0.8318/90.150/0.370
Blood pressure109/69
(91−125/57−81) ± 7.53/6.28		136/89
(118−149/81−99) ± 9.47/5.55		130/88
(107−146/64−99) ± 12.7/11.9		<0.001134/89
(107−149/64−99) ± 11.0/8.70		<0.001