Women Hearts on the Line: Exploring the Correlation Between Anthropometric Parameters, Blood Pressure, and Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Table 3.

Pearson’s relationship of BP indices and some anthropometric variables amongthe PPCM patients, compared with the normal peripartum subjects

    PPCM Control

    R p-value R p-value
SBP     vs Weight 0.234 .015 0.227 .010
vs Height 0.236 .014 0.177 .036
vs BMI 0.163 .065 0.159 .052
vs LBM 0.286 .004 0.284 .002
vs BF 0.191 .038 0.165 .046
vs BSA 0.275 .005 0.266 .003
DBP     vs Weight 0.071 .261 0.230 .009
vs Height 0.157 .077 0.251 .005
vs BMI 0.009 .469 0.143 .075
vs LBM 0.135 .110 0.315 .001
vs BF 0.075 .249 0.139 .078
vs BSA 0.115 .149 0.295 .001
PP     vs Weight 0.283 .004 0.064 .257
vs Height 0.205 .030 -0.024 .404
vs BMI 0.238 .014 0.063 .260
vs LBM 0.298 .003 0.052 .299
vs BF 0.202 .032 0.075 .223
vs BSA 0.304 .002 0.049 .309
MAP     vs Weight 0.085 .212 0.250 .005
vs Height 0.194 .033 0.242 .006
vs BMI 0.018 .432 0.163 .048
vs LBM 0.155 .072 0.331 .000
vs BF 0.046 .333 0.163 .048
vs BSA 0.140 .094 0.310 .001