Determinants of Preeclampsia among Women Attending Delivery Services in Public Hospitals of Central Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic factors of women attending delivery service in public hospitals in the central zone, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Category	Case	Control
		Number (%)	Number (%)
Age	<20	9 (10.5%)	26 (10.1%)
	20-34	64 (74.4%)	200 (77.5%)
	≥35	13 (15.1%)	32 (12.4%)
Ethnicity	Tigray	85 (98.8%)	255 (98.8%)
	Amhara	1 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)
Religion	Orthodox	83 (96.5%)	223 (86.4%)
	Muslim	3 (3.5%)	35 (13.6%)
Residence	Urban	52 (60.5%)	175 (67.8%)
	Rural	34 (39.5%)	83 (32.2%)
Occupation	House wife	54 (62.8%)	137 (53.1%)
	Merchant	16 (18.6%)	63 (24.4%)
	Government employee	11 (12.8%)	45 (17.4%)
	Others	5 (5.8%)	13 (5.0%)
Marital status	Never married	6 (7.0%)	6 (2.3%)
	Married/living together	80 (93.0%)	246 (95.3%)
	Separated	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)
Educational status	No formal education	10 (11.6%)	31 (12.0%)
	Primary secondary	32 (37.2%)	95 (36.8%)
	Technical/vocational	24 (27.9%)	79 (30.6%)
	Higher education	15 (17.4%)	25 (9.7%)
		5 (5.8%)	28 (10.9%)