Increased Serum Levels of Inflammatory Mediators and Low Frequency of Regulatory T Cells in the Peripheral Blood of Preeclamptic Mexican Women

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with preeclampsia, normotensive pregnant, and nonpregnant healthy women.

	Nonpregnant healthy women; ()	Moderated preeclamptic; ()	Severe preeclamptic; ()	Normotensive pregnant; ()
Age (years); (means ± SD)	22.7 ± 2.53	24.9 ± 7.21	23.78 ± 5.68	26.04 ± 7.37
Parity
Primiparous	2 (7.4%)	26 (53%)	13 (59%)	21 (41%)
Multiparous	1 (3.7%)	23 (47%)	11 (41%)	30 (59%)
Blood pressure (mmHg)
Systolic	110.25 ± 15.15	158.2 ± 16.75^*	175.3 ± 11.28^*	110.3 ± 18.15
Diastolic	73.64 ± 7.11	101.4 ± 5.31^*	119.3 ± 6.22^*	71.5 ± 6.32
Gestational age at sampling (weeks)	NA	38.5; (30–41)	35.8; (30–40)	38.4; (30–41)
Gestational age at delivery (weeks) (median, range)	NA	38.5; (30–41)	35.8^*; (30–40)	39.4; (35–41)
Infant weight (grams) (mean, range)	NA	2 610.8; (560–3 570)	1 617.9^*; (460–3 110)	2 888.49; (780–3 850)

< 0.05 preeclamptic patients versus normotensive pregnant women.
NA, not applicable.