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28 | Part 2 Cardiovascular Health RESULTS
A total of 242 women were admitted with preeclampsia during the study period. Of these women 37 were excluded: 30 women had been diagnosed with hypertension before pregnancy, two had been diagnosed with proteinuria before pregnancy and five women had been diagnosed with both. A total of 205 women were included for analysis. Whilst for 116 women complete blood pressure data was available, complete proteinuria data was available for 121 women. General characteristics are summarized in Table 2.1.1.
Hypertension
For 116 women, complete blood pressure data was available: for 112 women resolution of hypertension was identified, four women still had (known) hypertension two years postpartum. The remaining 89 women were lost to follow-up before normalization of blood pressure. Table 2.1.2 shows the comparison between these two groups, showing the latter group having had worse clinical features of preeclampsia.
Figure 2.1.1 shows the resolution curve for hypertension with 95% confidence
Table 2.1.1. General characteristics of study population (n=205) Age (years)
Gestational age at diagnosis (weeks)
Gestational age at delivery (weeks)
Prolongation of preeclampsia (days)
Maximal systolic blood pressure during preeclampsia (mmHg) Maximal diastolic blood pressure during preeclampsia (mmHg) Maximal level of proteinuria during preeclampsia (g/24h) Maximal level of creatinine during preeclampsia (mmol/l) Nulliparous
Severe preeclampsia HELLP
Eclampsia
28 (16-45)
31 (21-42)
34 (22-42)
8 (0-62)
170 (140-280) 110 (90-170) 4.2 (0.3-31.4) 82 (45-626) 69.8% (143) 89.3% (183) 32.2% (66) 5.4% (11)