Comparative Study of Endothelial Function and Uterine Artery Doppler Velocimetry between Pregnant Women with or without Preeclampsia Development

Table 1

Clinical characteristics and ultrasound parameters of pregnant women cohort, according to preeclampsia development.

	Pregnant women without PE (𝑛=50)	Preeclamptic women (𝑛=9)	P value
Maternal age (years)	29,4±6,5	29,4±5,0	0,99^**
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	25,0±6,6	27,5±7,6	0,32^**
Obese pregnant women	7 (14%)	2 (22%)	0,24^***
Number of gestations	2 (1–8)	2 (1–5)	0,27^**
Primiparous	16 (32.0%)	3 (33.3%)	0,17^***
Ethnics: caucasian	15 (30%)	2 (22%)	0,42^***
Ethnics: Afro-American	13 (26%)	2 (22%)
Ethnics: other	22 (44%)	5 (56%)
Gestational age at enrolment (weeks)	17,6±1,4	17,0±1,3	0,24^*
Mean arterial pressure at enrolment (mm Hg)	90,6±7,8	92,2±6,0	0,55^*
Gestational age at second examination (weeks)	25,8±1,2	25,6±0,9	0,60^*
Mean arterial pressure at second evaluation (mm Hg)	83,8±7,34	88,1±9,0	0,12^*
Gestational age at delivery (weeks)	39,4±0,9	35,0±1,7	0,00^*
UtA-PI at enrolment	1,07±0,24	1,29±0,15	0,01^*
UtA-PI at second evaluation	0,83±0,14	1,06±0,14	<0,001^*
UtA bilateral diastolic notch at second evaluation	8 (16%)	7 (78%)	<0,001^*
Basal diameter of brachial artery at enrolment (mm)	3,32±0,47	3,34±0,54	0,82^*
Flow-mediated dilation between at enrolment (%)	5,58±3,29	4,44±3,61	0,35^*
Basal diameter of brachial artery at second evaluation (mm)	3,36±0,42	3,40±0,49	0,81^*
Flow-mediated dilation at second evaluation (%)	7,76±2,89	4,22±2,90	0,001^*

Note: gestational age of enrolment: 16⁺⁰ to 19⁺⁶ weeks. Gestational age of second evaluation: 24⁺⁰ to 27⁺⁶ weeks . PE: preeclampsia, ^*Student’s t-test, ^**Mann-Wthitney U test, ^***Chi-square test.