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Table 4 Weighted proportion of pregnant women who received antenatal service at the time of the survey, in Primary Health Centres and in hospitals, according to the gestational ageb

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

Service received

Primary health centers

Hospitals

Gestational age in weeks

<  16 weeks (n = 43)

≥16 weeks (n = 217)

Weighted X2 P-value

<  16 weeks (n = 53)

≥16 weeks (n = 267)

Weighted X2 P-value

Checking history of renal disease

2.2

0.9

0.001

1.4

1.2

0.89

Urine test for proteinuria

6.8

24.2

0.02

10.7

35.7

0.02

Checking history of HDP in previous pregnancies

15.7

24.8

0.102

8.9

24.7

0.033

Assessing body mass index

17.2

37.6

0.034

30.2

53.6

0.013

Checking history of hypertension

18.9

34.4

0.11

45.7

34.1

0.19

Checking history of diabetes

21.9

32.8

0.16

31.5

37.1

0.39

Checking at least one risk factora

39.6

55.6

0.13

58.7

66.8

0.43

Blood pressure measurement

91.1

91.1

0.95

96.6

100.0

0.042

  1. Abbreviations: HDP Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, X2: Chi square
  2. aChecking 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
  3. bData were weighted according to normalized weights