Early Pregnancy Serum Metabolite Profiles Associated with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in African American Women: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Demographics and clinical characteristics of participants.

	Full-term, healthy controls	Gestational hypertension	Preeclampsia	value
Age, years, mean (SD)	24.3 (4.4)	21.3 (2.8)	24.5 (4.7)	0.15
Marital status, married (, %)	10 (12.5)	0	2 (18.2)	0.45
Medical insurance status (, %)				1.00
Medicaid	60 (75)	7 (77.8)	8 (72.7)
Private	20 (25)	2 (22.2)	3 (27.3)
Education (, %)
<HS diploma	14 (17.5)	1 (11.1)	3 (27.3)	0.18
HS diploma	19 (23.8)	5 (55.6)	4 (36.4)
Some college	35 (43.8)	2 (22.2)	3 (27.3)
College grad	7 (8.8)	1 (11.1)	1 (9.1)
First prenatal BMI, mean (SD)	28.7 (7.8)	26.3 (4.5)	30.6 (11.4)	0.33
Parity, nulliparous (, %)	33 (41.3)	7 (77.8)	8 (72.7)	0.03
Gestational weeks at enrollment, mean (SD)	11.4 (2.3)	10.9 (1.7)	10.8 (2.0)	0.61