HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY: FREQUENCY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN A COHORT OF BRAZILIAN WOMEN
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Hypertension in Pregnancy
- Vol. 20 (3), 269-281
- https://doi.org/10.1081/prg-100107829
Abstract
Objective. To evaluate the frequency of and risk factors associated with hypertensive disorders in general antenatal care in five distinct areas of Brazil.Methods. We performed a cohort study of 4892 women enrolled in midpregnancy from 1991 to 1995. Patients were queried at enrollment about hypertension prior to pregnancy. Medical diagnoses of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy were abstracted from patient records. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy were classified according to recommendations of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG).Results. Of 4892 women studied, 367 (7.5%) presented hypertensive disorders, 113 (2.3%) being preeclampsia/eclampsia and 198 (4.0%) chronic hypertension. Frequencies of superimposed preeclampsia/eclampsia and transitory hypertension were 0.5% and 0.7%, respectively. Greater brachial arm circumference was strongly associated both with preeclampsia/eclampsia and with chronic hypertension (threefold difference across extreme quartiles, p ≤0.001). In adjusted...This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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