The effect of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy on small for gestational age and stillbirth: a population based study

Table 2 Comparison of small for gestational age (SGA, <10^th percentile) rates among live births to hypertensive vs. normotensive women, Nova Scotia, 1988–2000.

	Total No.	SGA		Relative Risk	95% CI	P value
		No.	%
Normotensive women	122,394	12,032	9.8	1.0	-	-
All hypertensive women	13,940	2,131	15.3	1.6	1.5,1.6	<0.001
Mild PIH	10,639	1,384	13.0	1.3	1.3,1.4	<0.001
Severe PIH	1,814	453	25.0	2.5	2.3,2.8	<0.001
HELLP	212	79	37.3	3.8	3.2,4.5	<0.001
Eclampsia	32	11	34.4	3.5	2.2,5.7	<0.001
Chronic Hypertension	766	102	13.3	1.4	1.1,1.6	0.002
Chronic hypertension and PIH	477	102	21.4	2.2	1.8,2.6	<0.001

PIH denotes pregnancy induced hypertension, HELLP denotes hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets syndrome, HTN denotes hypertension, CI denotes Confidence interval.

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