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

Table 3

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

Variables	Category	Cases	Controls
		Number (%)	Number (%)
Gravidity	Primigravida	50 (58.1%)	88 (34.1%)
	Multigravida	36 (41.9%)	170 (65.9%)
History of abortion	Yes	7 (19.4%)	22 (12.9%)
	No	29 (80.6%)	148 (87.1%)
Number of abortions	1	5 (71.4%)	21 (95.5%)
	≥2	2 (28.6%)	1 (4.5%)
Parity	Nullipara	50 (58.1%)	88 (34.1%)
	One delivery	11 (12.8%)	54 (20.9%)
	Multipara	25 (29.1%)	116 (45.0%)
Planned pregnancy	Yes	74 (86.0%)	235 (91.1%)
	No	12 (14.0%)	23 (8.9%)
Multiplicity of pregnancy	Singleton	81 (94.2%)	251 (97.3%)
	Twin	5 (5.8%)	7 (2.7%)
Sex of newborn	Male	52 (60.5%)	137 (53.1%)
	Female	34 (39.5%)	121 (46.9%)
Pregnancy interval	<3Year	30 (83.3%)	141 (82.9%)
	≥3Year	6 (16.7%)	29 (17.1%)