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Table 1 Preeclampsia Risk Factors for Pre- and Post-Intervention Cohorts

From: Leveraging quality improvement to promote health equity: standardization of prenatal aspirin recommendations

Risk Factors, n (%)

Pre-intervention (n = 201)

Post-intervention (n = 199)

Exact

p-value**

High Risk Factors

   

 History of preeclampsia/GHTN

23 (11.4)

14 (7.0)

0.167

 CHTN

4 (2.0)

9 (4.5)

0.171

 Multifetal gestation

5 (2.5)

6 (3.0)

0.770

 Pregestational diabetes

1 (0.5)

2 (1.0)

0.622

 Kidney disease

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1.000

 Autoimmune disease

1 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

1.000

Moderate Risk Factors

   

 Nulliparity

86 (42.8)

76 (38.2)

0.361

 Obesity

71 (35.3)

67 (33.7)

0.753

 Family history preeclampsia

1 (0.5)

5 (2.5)

0.121

 Black race

24 (11.9)

27 (13.6)

0.655

 Lower income

32 (15.9)

37 (18.6)

0.510

 Age ≥ 35

45 (22.4)

37 (18.6)

0.387

 History of low birth weight infant, SGA infant, FGR

8 (4.0)

6 (3.0)

0.787

 Other personal history factors

13 (6.5)

9 (4.5)

0.512

 >10 years between pregnancies

4 (2.0)

3 (1.5)

1.000

  1. *Other personal history factors include previous adverse pregnancy outcomes, IVF pregnancies
  2. **Two-sided Fisher’s exact test for differences in pre-intervention vs. post-intervention groups