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Table 2 Dietary, familial and lifestyle characteristics of mothers with/without hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Tigray, 2018

From: Risk factors for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among mothers in Tigray region, Ethiopia: matched case-control study

variable

HDP/Cases

N = 110, N (%)

No HDP/Controls

N = 220, N (%)

COR

(95% CI)

P-value

Family history of hypertension

 Yes

22(20)

14(6.4)

3.6(1.7,7.6)

0.001

 No

88(80)

206 (93.6)

1.0

 

Mean weight ± (SD)

63.2 (8.7)

60.8 (7.3)

 

0.01

Mean Height ± (SD)

1.61(.06)

1.62(.05)

 

0.09

MAUC

 ≤ 22.1

69 (62.7)

140(63.6)

1.0

 

 > 22.1

41(37.3)

80 (36.4)

1.0(0.6, 2.0)

0.82

Pre-pregnancy mean weight ± (SD)

53.6 (8.4)

51.3 (6.8)

 

0.006

Pre-pregnancy mean BMI ± (SD

20.36(3.0)

19.8 (2.6)

 

0.05

Fruit use

 Yes

60(54.5)

193(87.7)

1.0

 

 No

50 (45.5)

27 (12.3)

5.3 (3.0, 9.4)

< 0.001

Vegetable use

 Yes

47(42.7)

133(60.4)

1.0

0.002

 No

63(57.3)

87(39.6)

2.1(1.3, 3.3)

 

BMI of mothers

 < 18.5

33 (30.0)

67 (30.5)

1.0

 

 18.5–24.9

65 (59.1)

147 (66.8)

0.9(0.6,1.6)

0.8

 ≥ 25

12 (10.9)

6 (2.7)

4.3(1.4,13.6)

0.01

Coffee use

 Yes

93(84.5)

149(67.7)

3.0(1.6, 5.9)

0.001

 No

17(15.5)

71(32.3)

1.0

 

Frequency of coffee use (N = 242)

 ≥ once a day

76 (81.7)

104 (69.8)

3.2 (1.3, 8.3)

0.01

 < once a day

17 (18.3)

45 (30.2)

1.0

 

volume of coffee use (N = 242)

 < 3 cups

28(30.1)

69(46.3)

1.0

 

 ≥ 3 cups

65(69.9)

80(53.7)

2.1(1.0, 4.1)

0.03