Table 1.

Characteristics of Women with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM).

Characteristic Bedouin (n=32) Non-Bedouin (n=14) P Value
Maternal age, mean (SD) 30.4 (6.9) 31.2 (6.7) 0.690
Gestational week, median (IQR) 36.3 (3.6) 37.0 (3.2) 0.542
Birth weight, g (SD) 2,567 (0.893) 2,978 (0.816) 0.148
Gestational number, median (IQR) 5.0 (1.0–8.0) 2.5 (1.0–6.2) 0.244
No. of live birth, median (IQR) 5.0 (1.0–7.0) 2.5 (1.0–5.2) 0.343
APGAR 1 min, median (IQR) 9.0 (5.0–9.0) 9.0 (8.7–9.0) 0.400
APGAR 5 min, median (IQR) 10.0 (9.2–10.0) 10.0 (10.0–10.0) 0.179
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 0 (0.0) 1 (7.1) 0.304
Hypertension, n (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1.000
Obesity, n (%) 4 (12.5) 2 (14.3) 0.869
Dyslipidemia, n (%) 0 (0.0) 1 (7.1) 0.304

IQR, interquartile range.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2018 April; 9(2): e0011. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2018 April 19. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10331