Research Article

Nonproteinuric Preeclampsia among Women with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy at a Referral Hospital in Southwestern Uganda

Table 2

Univariable and multivariable analyses for factors associated with nonproteinuric preeclampsia at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda.

Factors N  = 134CategoryNon-PPE n (%)cOR (95%CI) valueaOR (95%CI) value

Age (years)20–3012 (36.36)11
15–1914 (42.42)2.9 (1.11–8.37)0.0402.19 (0.81–5.02)0.059
>307 (21.22)1.2 (0.41–3.28)0.7700.67 (0.22–2.05)0.479

GravidityMultigravida9 (27.27)11
Primigravida24 (44.55)3.31 (1.40–7.84)0.0202.70 (1.09–6.72)0.032

Referred inNo16 (18.18)11
Yes17 (81.82)1.51 (0.23–3.14)0.1040.61 (0.29–1.42)0.252

Gestation weeks≥3719 (69.70)11
<3714 (42.42)1.69 (0.76–3.73)0.1940.60 (0.25–1.44)0.257

Marital statusMarried29 (87.88)1.01
Unmarried4 (12.12)2.64 (0.66–10.5)0.1661.49 (0.34–6.41)0.593

PPE: proteinuric preeclampsia, cOR: crude odds ratio, and aOR: adjusted odds ratio.