Research Article
Nonproteinuric Preeclampsia among Women with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy at a Referral Hospital in Southwestern Uganda
Table 1
Demographic and obstetric characteristics of women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda.
| | Variable N = 134 | Total n (%) | Nonproteinuric preeclampsia (n = 33) | Proteinuric preeclampsia (n = 101) | value |
| | Age, years (mean ± SD) | | 26.9 ± 7.1 | 23.7 ± 6.8 | 27.1 ± 7.1 | 0.019 |
| | Married | | | | | 0.153 | | | No | 09 (6.7) | 04 (12.12) | 05 (4.95) | | | | Yes | 125 (93.3) | 29 (87.88) | 96 (95.05) | |
| | Occupation | | | | | 0.476 | | | Housewife | 76 (56.7) | 17 (51.52) | 59 (58.42) | | | | Employed | 48 (35.8) | 4 (12.12) | 06 (5.94) | | | | Business | 10 (7.5) | 12 (36.36) | 36 (35.64) | |
| | Education | | | | | 0.080 | | | ≤Primary | 85 (63.4) | 15 (45.45) | 28 (27.72) | | | | Secondary | 43 (32.1) | 15 (45.45) | 70 (69.31) | | | | ≥Tertiary | 06 (4.5) | 03 (9.09) | 03 (2.97) | |
| | Referred in | | | | | 0.102 | | | Yes | 85 (63.4) | 17 (51.52) | 68 (67.33) | | | | No | 49 (36.57) | 16 (48.48) | 33 (32.67) | |
| | Parity | | | | | 0.005 | | | Primigravidity | 69 (51.5) | 24 (72.73) | 45 (44.55) | | | | Multiparous | 65 (48.5) | 9 (27.27) | 56 (55.45) | |
| | Weeks of gestation | | | | | 0.274 | | | <37 | 70 (52.2) | 14 (42.42) | 56 (55.45) | | | | ≥37 | 64 (47.8) | 19 (57.58) | 45 (44.55) | |
| | Presenting symptom | | | | 0.319 | | | | Headache | 102 (76.1) | 23 (69.70) | 79 (78.22) | 0.319 | | | Epigastric pain | 87 (64.9) | 18 (54.55) | 69 (68.32) | 0.150 | | | Blurred vision | 57 (42.5) | 4 (42.42) | 43 (42.57) | 0.988 | | | Fit/eclampsia | 15 (11.2) | 04 (12.12) | 11 (10.89) | 0.846 |
| | Attended antenatal care | | | | 0.121 | | | | <4 times | 72 (53.7) | 5 (27.78) | 74 (27.82) | | | | ≥4 times | 62 (46.3) | 13 (72.22) | 192 (72.18) | |
| | Preeclampsia history | | | | | 0.158 | | | Yes | 09 (6.8) | 04 (12.12) | 05 (5.00) | |
| | Booking blood pressure(mmHg) | | | | | 0.355 | | | <130/80 | 58 (43.28) | 12 (36.36) | 46 (45.54) | | | | ≥130/80 | 76 (56.72) | 21 (63.64) | 55 (54.46) | |
| | Admission blood pressure(mmHg) | | | | | 0.109 | | | <160/110 | 65 (48.51) | 13 (39.39) | 52 (51.49) | | | | ≥160/110 | 69 (51.49) | 20 (60.61) | 49 (48.51) | |
| | Serum creatinine mg/dL | | | | | 0.863 | | | ≤1.09 | 100 (74.63) | 25 (75.76) | 75 (74.26) | | | | ≥1.10 | 34 (25.37) | 8 (24.24) | 26 (25.74) | |
| | Transaminases IU/L | | | | | 0.873 | | | <80 | 96 (71.64) | 24 (72.73) | 72 (71.29) | | | | ≥80 | 38 (28.36) | 9 (27.27) | 29 (28.71) | |
| | Platelet count per uL | | | | | 0.664 | | | ≥100000 | 109 (81.34) | 26 (78.79) | 83 (82.18) | | | | <100000 | 25 (18.66) | 07 (21.21) | 18 (17.82) | |
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