Altered Bioavailability of Nitric Oxide and L-Arginine Is a Key Determinant of Endothelial Dysfunction in Preeclampsia

Table 2

Pregnancy characteristics and birth outcomes in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia.

Variables	Total ()	NP ()	PE ()	value
Birth weight (kg)				<0.0001
Birth weight
Normal birth weight	124 (68.9)	83 (90.2)	41 (46.6)	<0.0001
Low birth weight	56 (31.1)	9 (9.8)	47 (53.4)
IUGR
Yes	33 (18.3)	0 (0.0)	33 (37.5)	<0.0001
No	147 (81.7)	100 (100.0)	55 (62.5)
Status of delivery				<0.0001
Term	134 (74.4)	89 (96.7)	45 (51.1)
Preterm	46 (25.6)	3 (3.3)	43 (48.9)

PE: preeclamptic women; NP: normotensive pregnant women; IUGR: intrauterine growth restriction. Continuous data was presented as , while categorical data was expressed as frequency (percentage). Independent -test was used to compare means of the continuous data while or Fischer’s exact test (when was used to compare the categorical data. Statistically significant level was set at a value < 0.05.