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Table 2 Reproductive and obstetric characteristics of women attending antenatal at Dessie referral hospital, Ethiopia, 2013 (N = 490)

From: Preeclampsia and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Dessie referral hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: a hospital-based study

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Age at menarche (in years)

≤12

58

11.8

13 – 15

374

76.3

≥16

58

11.8

Age at first pregnancy (in years)

<35

446

98.8

≥35

6

1.2

Gravidity

1

141

28.8

≥2

349

67.8

Change paternity after previous pregnancy (n = 349)*

Yes

54

15.5

No

295

84.5

History of infertility

Yes

15

3.1

No

475

96.9

Parity

Nullipara

168

34.3

1 delivery

167

34.1

≥2 deliveries

155

31.6

Multiplicity of pregnancy

Singleton

474

96.7

Twin

16

3.3

  1. * = had no previous pregnancy.