Table 1 Demographic, clinical and echocardiographic data of the study groups

Age (years)

29.16 ± 6.6

26.25 ± 6.8

29.92 ± 6.8

29.24 ± 6.5

0.4

Weight (kg)

88.84 ± 12.3

89.13 ± 13.1

91.38 ± 10.8

87.91± 12.8

0.5

Height (cm)

161.04 ± 4.9

159.38 ± 3.3

162.83 ± 3.8

160.6 ± 5.2

0.09

Arm circumference (cm)

27.5 ± 4.9

28.5 ± 3.2

27.5 ± 4.9

27.4 ± 5.1

0.3

Body surface area (m²)

1.92 ± 0.15

1.92 ± 0.17

1.98 ± 0.14

1.98 ± 0.16

0.3

Body mass index (kg/m²)

34.05 ± 4.5

34.41 ± 3.9

35.57 ± 5.9

33.77 ± 4.1

0.2

Number of previous pregnancies

2 ± 2

3 ± 2

3 ± 1

2 ± 2

0.006*

Gestational age (weeks)

32.56 ± 4

33.38± 2.4

33.25 ± 3.5

32.22 ± 2.4

0.5

Diabetes mellitus

18 (18%)

2 (25%)

6 (25%)

10 (15%)

0.4

History of hypertension during previous pregnancies.

32 (32%)

3 (38%)

7 (29%)

22 (32%)

0.9

Albuminuria

69 (69%)

0

0

69 (100%)

0.01*

Medications used

0.01*

 Alpha methyl dopa

35 (35%)

3 (42.8%)

6 (25%)

26 (37.6%)

 Labetalol

3 (3%)

0

1 (4.1%)

2 (2.8%)

 Nifedipine

25 (25%)

2 (28.5%)

7 (29.1%)

16 (23.1%)

 Combination

37 (37%)

2 (28.5%)

9 (37.5%)

26 (37.6%)

 LA volume index (ml/m²)

34.22 ± 1.7

33.38 ± 1.6

34.63 ± 1.9

34.65 ± 1.6

0.15

 LV mass index

63.65 ± 12.1

66.38 ± 7.5

59.83 ± 12.4

64.74 ± 12.4

0.19

 Biplane Simpson’s EF %

65.15 ± 3.9

65.38 ± 3.8

65.29 ± 4

64.79 ± 3.8

0.8

 E max (m/s)

0.83 ± 0.24

1.07 ± 0.23

0.84± 0.25

0.80 ± 0.23

0.01*

 E/A ratio

0.99 ± 0.35

1.26 ± 0.26

1.04 ± 0.37

0.93 ± 0.33

0.02*

 e′ lateral (m/s)

0.10 ± 0.026

0.12 ± 0.02

0.10 ± 0.02

0.09 ± 0.02

0.01*

 e′ septal (m/s)

0.077 ± 0.05

0.10 ± 0.02

0.08 ± 0.03

0.07 ± 0.02

0.003*