Combined (n=85) Ottawa (n=35) Kingston (n= 50) P-value§ (T-test, KW, X2)
At delivery At delivery At delivery At delivery At delivery
Systolic BP*(mmHg) 152 ± 25 136 ± 17 164 ± 22 < 0.0001
Diastolic BP*(mmHg) 93 ± 13 85 ± 10 98 ± 13 < 0.0001
Antihypertensive medication** (%) 38 (44.7) 28 (80.0) 6 (12.0) <0.0001
Pregnancy weight gain (kg) 14.0 ± 7.1 13.2 ± 7.1 14.6 ± 7.1 0.393
Gestational age delivery 36.0 [32.2, 38.0] 37.5 [34.4, 39.4] 34.0 [31.0, 38.0] <0.001
Delivery before 37 weeks gestation (%) 48 (56.5) 11 (31.4) 37 (74.0) <0.001
Cesarean section (%) 44 (51.8) 14 (40.0) 30 (60.0) 0.081
Female infant (%) 42 (49.4) 13 (37.1) 29 (58.0) 0.078
Birthweight (g) 2200 [1495, 3098] 2655 [2075, 3280] 1920 [1285, 2351] 0.0003
Small for gestational age (<5th percentile) 15 (17.6) 5 (14.3) 10 (20.0) 0.573
Admission to NICU (%) 59 (69.4) 15 (42.9) 44 (88.0) <0.001
Placental weight (g) 334 [274, 443] 382 [326, 516] 312 [236, 431 0.057
At 6months postpartum At 6months postpartum At 6months postpartum At 6months postpartum At 6months postpartum
Systolic BP (mmHg) 119 ± 18 116 ± 23 121 ± 13 0.164
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 81 ± 10 78 ± 9 82 ± 10 0.081
Antihypertensive medication use (%) 13 (15.3) 5 (14.3) 8 (16.0) 1.00
Breastfeeding (%) 44 (52.4) 22 (64.7) 22 (44.0) 0.077
Total cholesterol 4.8 ± 1.0 4.9 ± 1.0 4.7 ± 1.0 0.292
Fasting glucose 4.8 ± 0.5 4.7 ± 0.5 4.8 ± 0.5 0.397
HDL 1.5 ± 0.4 1.5 ± 0.4 1.5 ± 0.4 0.541
LDL 2.8 [2.2, 3.4] 3.0 [2.2, 3.5] 2.6 [2.1, 3.3] 0.231
CRP 2.6 [1.0, 7.4] 2.6 [0.9, 8.4] 2.0 [0.98, 5.9] 0.443
Triglycerides 0.98 [0.67, 1.69] 0.98 [0.72, 1.88] 0.96 [0.65, 1.60] 0.500
Screen high-risk for lifetime CVD (%) 53 (62.4) 18 (51.4) 35 (70.0) 0.112