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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, women with CVD versus without (n = 307)

From: Do self-reported pregnancy complications add to risk evaluation in older women with established cardiovascular disease?

 

CVD (n = 233)

No CVD (n = 74)

Missing

p-value

Covariates

 Age at inclusion

68.5 (9.2)

64.3 (9.8)

 

< 0.001*

 BMI

27.0 (4.4)

26.2 (4.6)

 

0.2*

 Hypertension

142 (60.9)

13 (17.6)

 

< 0.001**

 Current smoker

55 (23.7)

8 (10.8)

1

0.017**

 Diabetes mellitus

36 (15.5)

2 (2.7)

 

0.004**

 Previous stroke or TIA

8 (3.4)

0 (0)

 

0.2**

 Previous MI

21 (9.0)

0 (0)

 

0.007**

 Previous PAD

34 (14.6)

0 (0)

 

< 0.001**

Pregnancy complications

 Miscarriage

51 (22.4)

16 (21.6)

5

0.9**

 Subfertility

41 (18.6)

11 (15.5)

16

0.5**

 GHT and/or PE

46 (20.3)

8 (10.8)

6

0.066**

 LBW (< 2500 g)

21 (9.5)

7 (9.5)

11

1.0**

 Preterm birth (< 37 weeks)

30 (14.2)

6 (8.1)

21

0.2**

 Bleeding in late pregnancy

9 (3.9)

2 (2.7)

5

1.0**

 GDM

3 (1.3)

2 (2.7)

5

0.6**

 HBW (> 4500 g)

12 (5.4)

4 (5.4)

11

1.0**

  1. Values are described as means (SD = standard deviation) for numerical variables and n (%) for categorical variables
  2. CVD Cardiovascular disease, BMI Body Mass Index, TIA Transient ischemic attack, MI Myocardial infarction, PAD Peripheral artery disease, GHT Gestational hypertension, PE Preeclampsia, LBW Low birth weight, GDM Gestational diabetes mellitus, HBW High birth weight
  3. *p-value by Independent t-test, **p-value by Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test where appropriate
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