Table 2.
Association of parity, address and ANC follow up with type of HDP, JUSH, April 2009 – March 2010 (n=153).
| Variables | Type of HDP | p-value | ||||
| Gestational HTN No(%) |
Mild Preeclampsia No (%) |
Severe Preeclampsia No (%) |
Eclampsia No (%) |
HELLP syndrome No (%) |
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| Parity of mothers | ||||||
| Primipara | 6 (3.9 ) | 9 (5.9 ) | 51 ( 33.3) | 28 (18.3 ) | 8 ( 5.2) | |
| Multipara | 2 (1.3 ) | 3 ( 1.9) | 31 (20.3 ) | 9 (5.9 ) | 6 (3.9 ) | 0.511 |
| Address* | ||||||
| Urban | 4 (2.6 ) | 7 ( 4.6) | 45 ( 29.4) | 6 ( 3.9) | 4 ( 2.6) | 0.001 |
| Rural | 4 ( 2.6) | 5 ( 3.3) | 37 ( 24.2) | 31 ( 20.3) | 10 ( 6.5) | |
| ANC follow up | ||||||
| Yes | 6 ( 3.9) | 11 ( 7.2) | 63 ( 41.2) | 22 ( 14.4) | 11 ( 7.2) | |
| No | 2 (1.3 ) | 1 (0.7 ) | 19 ( 12.4) | 15 ( 9.8) | 3 ( 1.9) | 0.166 |
| Total | 8 ( 5.2) | 12 ( 7.8) | 82(53.6 ) | 37 ( 24.2) | 14 ( 9.2) | |
*
If gestational HTN and mild pre-eclampsia are considered mild forms of HDP and the others as sever forms, the OR=1.32(0.61<OR<4.94). This shows that although the proportions of mothers with more sever forms of HDP is higher in rural areas; this difference is not statistically significant.