Normal Pregnancy Is Associated with Changes in Central Hemodynamics and Enhanced Recruitable, but Not Resting, Endothelial Function

Table 1

Demographic, anthropometric, and clinical characteristics.

Variable	NP	HP	value
	22	11
Age (years)	27.9 ± 6.2	29.1 ± 4.7	0.475
Gestational age (weeks)	N/A	34.2 ± 3.3	N/A
Weight (kg)	61.8 ± 7.1	66.9 ± 7.4	0.065
Height (cm)	158.6 ± 8.2	157.9 ± 7.1	0.755
BMI (kg/m^2)	24.7 ± 2.9	27.0 ± 3.7	0.048
Carotid-to-radial distance (cm)	60.2 ± 9.1	61.6 ± 4.2	0.550
Carotid-to-femoral distance (cm)	59.0 ± 2.6	58.5 ± 3.2	0.665
SSN-to-carotid distance (cm)	8.0 ± 1.1	7.6 ± 0.8	0.262
Hypertension (%)	0.0	0.0	N/A
Dyslipidemia (%)	20.0	18.1	0.700
Diabetes (%)	0.0	0.0	N/A
Cardiovascular disease (%)	0.0	0.0	N/A

Values are expressed as means ± SD or as prevalence in %. indicates . All comparisons were determined using two-tailed unpaired student -test and Test with or without Yates’s correction if appropriate. : number of patients per group; N/A: not applicable; NP: nonpregnant women; HP: healthy pregnant women; BMI: body mass index; SSN: suprasternal notch.