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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants at presentation in ACSH and MGH, North Ethiopia 2016/17

From: Gestational hypertension and progression towards preeclampsia in Northern Ethiopia: prospective cohort study

Variable

GH-GH

GH-PE

Total

P

N

199

41

240

 

Age (years)

27.1 ± 2.1

29.6 ± 2.4

 

0.01

Nullipara

81 (40.7 %)

16 (39.0 %)

97 (40.4 %)

0.92

Gestational age at diagnosis of HDP (weeks)

36.7(± 4.0)

32.8 (± 4.0)

-

0.01

Family history of GH

4 (2.0 %)

1(2.4 %)

5 (2.1 %))

0.84

Family history of PE

2 (1.0 %)

-

2 (1 %)

0.52

Family history of chronic hypertension

17 (8.5 %)

3 (7.3 %)

20 (8.3 %)

0.01

Previous history of GH

3 (1.5 %)

19 (4.6 %)

22 (9.2 %)

< 0.0001

Previous of history PE

5 (2.5 %)

-

5 (2.1 %)

0.32

Pre-gestational diabetes

1 (0.5 %)

3 (7.3 %)

4 (1.7 %)

0.04

Abortion:

 First trimester

26 (13.1 %)

11 (26.9 %)

37 (15.4 %)

< 0.0001

 Second trimester

-

7 (17.1 %)

7 (2.9 %)

< 0.0001

1st Trimester SBP mmHg

115(± 8)

118(± 7)

-

0.34

1st Trimester DBP mmHg

86(± 3)

79(± 5)

-

0.41

SBP at diagnosis mmHg

140(± 9)

145 (± 10)

-

0.36

DBP at diagnosis mmHg

91(± 7)

92(± 4)

-

0.37

Creatinine

0.6(± 0.2)

0.8 (± 1.3)

-

0.57

AST IU/L

25.8(± 12.0)

27.1(± 14.7)

-

0.51

Hemoglobin g/dl

13.5(± 1.6)

11.6(± 2.0)

-

< 0.0001

Platelet count

298.0(± 82.3)

284.3(± 210.3)

-

0.29

  1. APH antepartum hemorrhage, CS cesarean section, HDP hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, GH gestational hypertension, PE preeclampsia, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, P chi square for categorical variables and t test for continuous variables