The Long-Term Effects of Prematurity and Intrauterine Growth Restriction on Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolic Function

Table 2

Maternal characteristics of children at birth and at the time of study in 4 groups.

	Prem-SGA 𝑁=14	Prem-AGA 𝑁=25	Term-SGA 𝑁=7	Term-AGA 𝑁=25	𝑃value^∗∗
Preeclampsia in index pregnancy^∗	12 (86%)	3 (12%)	2 (29%)	4 (16%)	<.001
Maternal gestational diabetes^∗	0	0	0	1 (4%)	.6
Maternal education^#
Secondary	5 (36%)	9 (36%)	2 (29%)	1 (4%)	.04
Tertiary	9 (64%)	16 (64%)	5 (71%)	24 (96%)
Maternal smoking^#	1 (7%)	2 (8%)	1 (14%)	1 (4%)	.8

∗At Birth.
#At the Time of Study.
∗∗For comparisons between 4 groups, chi-square tests were used.