Preeclampsia Is Associated with Increased Central Aortic Pressure, Elastic Arteries Stiffness and Wave Reflections, and Resting and Recruitable Endothelial Dysfunction

Table 3

VRT-related changes in vascular parameters of the study groups according to pregnancy status.

	Healthy pregnant (HP)	Gestational hypertension (GH)	Preeclampsia (PE)	value
	MV ± SD	MV ± SD	MV ± SD
FMD (%)	9.4 ± 3.0	3.6 ± 3.3^a	2.2 ± 2.9^a	<0.001
L-FMC (%)	−7.8 ± 3.7	−4.5 ± 2.1	−0.7 ± 3.5^a	<0.001
ΔPWVcr (%)	−13.9 ± 9.4	−0.9 ± 6.9^a	7.0 ± 8.5^a	<0.001
Peak shear rate (s^−1)	231.7 ± 72.6	237.6 ± 67.5	219.5 ± 59.5	0.86
ΔShear rate (%)	113.8 ± 87.4	131.2 ± 53.7	168.6 ± 97.1	0.39

Values are expressed as mean value (MV) ± standard deviation (SD). Post hoc test with multiple comparisons: a indicate with respect to HP and GH, respectively. All comparisons were determined using ANOVA + Bonferroni test. HP: healthy pregnancies; GH: gestational hypertension; PE: preeclamptic pregnancies; FMD: flow-mediated dilation; L-FMC: low-flow-mediated constriction; PWVcr: carotid-to-radial pulse wave velocity. Between groups.