Table 2.

Pregnancy risk factors based on India’s PMSMA guidelines.

PMSMA pregnancy risk factor	Derivation from NFHS-5
Hypertension	Average of three blood pressure readings with systolic blood pressure >130 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure >85 mm Hg and/or currently on blood pressure medication at time of survey
Diabetes	Random blood glucose level ≥200 mg/dl and/or currently on diabetes medication at time of survey
Other comorbidity	Self-report response to question
Maternal age <20	Based on mother’s age during last pregnancy
Multiple pregnancy	Self-report whether last pregnancy was multiple
Breech presentation	Self-report whether breech presentation during last delivery
Previous C-section delivery	Based on pregnancy history
Previous stillbirth or neonatal death	Derived from pregnancy history
Severe anemia (Hb < 7 gm/dl)	Based on blood samples taken and analyzed at time of survey
Maternal age >35	Based on mother’s age during last pregnancy

The presence of one or more risk factor classifies a pregnancy as ‘high risk’.