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Table 5 Preeclampsia and associated factors among pregnant women attending the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital antenatal care unit, 2021 (n = 126)

From: The value of eosinophil count in the diagnosis of preeclampsia among pregnant women attending the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021

Variable

Category

Group

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P Value

Preeclampsia n (%)

Normotensive n (%)

Age in years

18 – 28

32 (45.1)

39 (54.9)

1

1

0.633a

 > 28

31 (56.4)

24 (43.6)

1.57 (0.78 – 3.2)

0.78 (0.28 – 2.15)

BMI in kg/m2

 < 25

57 (54.3)

48 (45.7)

2.97 (1.07 – 8.25)

1.42 (0.46 – 4.22)

0.548a

 ≥ 25

6 (28.6)

15 (71.4)

1

1

Eosinophil count cells/µL

 ≤ 55

32 (69.6)

14 (30.4)

3.61 (1.67 – 7.82)

3.76 (1.53 – 9.22)

0.004a

 > 55

31 (38.7)

49 (61.3)

1

1

Gravidity

Primagravida

21 (47.7)

23 (52.3)

1

-

0.709b

Multigravida

42 (51.2)

40 (48.8)

1.15 (0.55 – 2.39)

-

Parity

Nulliparous

21(44.7)

26 (55.3)

1

1

-

Primiparous

15 (42.9)

20 (57.1)

0.93 (0.38 – 2.24)

0.99 (0.38 – 2.58)

0.983a

Multiparous

27 (61.4)

17 (38.6)

1.97 (0.85 – 4.54)

2.23 (0.91 – 5.46)

0.078a

AST

Normal

27 (42.9)

58 (92.1)

1

 

 < 0.001a

High

36 (57.1)

5 (7.9)

15.47 (5.46 – 43.8)

14.86 (4.97—44.4)

ALT

Normal

44 (69.8)

62 (98.4)

-

-

 < 0.001c

High

19 (30.2)

1(1.6)

-

-

  1. COR Crude odds ratio, AOR Adjusted odds ratio
  2. a adjusted odds ratio p-value
  3. b crude odds ratio p-value
  4. c Fischer exact test p-value