Inflammatory Disturbances in Preeclampsia: Relationship between Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood

Table 1

Clinical data of normal and PE cases at delivery.

	Control pregnancies (𝑛=42)	PE pregnancies (𝑛=46)	P value
Age (years)	30.4±5.7	29.7±5.3	0.52
Blood Pressure (mm Hg):
Systolic	119.9±11.5	155.1±14.6	<0.001
Diastolic	69.0±7.2	97.1±6.3	<0.001
Cases presenting proteinuria [n (%)]
Cases with 1+	—	16 (34.8%)
Cases with 2+	—	7 (15.2%)
Cases with 3+	—	13 (28.7%)
Cases with 4+	—	10 (21.7%)
Gestational age (weeks)	38.5 (38.0; 39.3)	37.0 (34.0; 38.0)	<0.001
Body Mass Index (kg/m^2)	29.2 (27.2; 30.8)	29.8 (26.8; 32.8)	0.16
Placental weight (g)	626.0 (542.5; 779.8)	510.0 (392.5; 560.0)	<0.001
Birth weight (kg)	3.4 (3.0; 3.7)	2.6 (1.8; 3.0)	<0.001
Apgar Score ≤ 7 [n (%)]:
1 min	1 (2.4%)	7 (15.2%)	0.04
5 min	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1.0
SGA/AGA/LGA (n)	0/42/0	7/39/0	0.008
Cesarean section [n (%)]	31 (73.8%)	36 (78.3%)	0.63

n, number of cases; PE, preeclampsia; SGA, small for gestational age; AGA, adequate for gestational age; LGA, large for gestational age.