Proportion of pregnant women screened for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and its associated factors within antenatal clinics of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Table 3 Weighted proportion of pregnant women who received antenatal service at the time of the survey, according to types of clinics^c

Service received	All (n = 580)	Primary Health Centres (n = 260)	Hospitals (n = 320)	Weighted X² P-value
Checking history of renal disease	7 (1.2)	3 (1.2)	4 (1.3)	0.91
Checking history of HDP in previous pregnancies^a	103 (22.7)	50 (23.5)	53 (22.1)	0.89
Urine test for proteinuria	156 (26.9)	55 (21.2)	101 (31.6)	0.23
Checking history of diabetes	196 (33.8)	80 (30.8)	116 (36.3)	0.61
Checking history of hypertension	198 (34.1)	83 (31.9)	115 (35.9)	0.63
Assessing body mass index	248 (42.8)	89 (34.2)	159 (49.7)	0.12
Checking at least one risk factor^b	347(59.8)	138 (53.1)	209 (65.3)	0.21
Blood pressure measurement	555(95.7)	237 (91.2)	318 (99.4)	0.009

Abbreviations: HDP Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
^aOnly in 453 women with previous pregnancies: 213 in Primary Health Centres, 240 in hospitals;
^bChecking at least one of the following risk factors: HDP in previous pregnancies (if parous), history of chronic hypertension, history of diabetes, and history of renal disease
^cData were weighted according to normalized weights

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