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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2017 Apr;21(4):852–862. doi: 10.1007/s10995-016-2177-8

Table 3.

Number and % of gestational hypertensive disorders and chronic hypertension identified among data sources by pregnancy and maternal characteristics, Upstate KIDS, 2008–2010

Gestational hypertensive disorders (n = 693)
Chronic Hypertension (n = 278)
All 3 Any 2 Only 1 p value All 3 Any 2 Only 1 p value
n (%) 126 (18) 257 (37) 310 (45) 48 (17) 57 (21) 173 (62)
Maternal race
 Non-hispanic white 111 (19) 207 (37) 247 (44) 0.107 39 (18) 39 (18) 133 (64) 0.277
 Other 15 (12) 50 (39) 63 (49) 9 (13) 18 (27) 40 (60)
Maternal education
 ≤High school 14 (11) 46 (37) 64 (52) 0.271 6 (9) 13 (20) 46 (71) 0.030
 Some technical/college 43 (19) 87 (39) 94 (42) 12 (12) 19 (19) 69 (69)
 College 27 (17) 59 (38) 71 (45) 14 (27) 10 (20) 27 (53)
 Graduate/professional 42 (22) 65 (35) 81 (43) 16 (26) 15 (24) 31 (50)
Parity
 1 43 (23) 72 (38) 75 (39) 0.011 10 (17) 12 (21) 36 (62) 0.161
 2 32 (18) 50 (28) 96 (54) 17 (21) 14 (17) 51 (62)
 3+ 12 (11) 42 (38) 57 (51) 6 (8) 21 (30) 44 (62)
Prenatal care utilization
 ≥Adequate prenatal care 112 (18) 229 (37) 276 (45) 0.100 43 (17) 51 (21) 154 (62) 0.877
 Inadequate prenatal care 6 (40) 4 (27) 5 (33) 1 (14) 1 (14) 5 (72)
Infertility treatment
 No 74 (15) 178 (37) 227 (47) 0.012 24 (13) 42 (22) 126 (65) 0.007
 Yes 52 (24) 79 (37) 83 (39) 24 (28) 15 (17) 47 (55)
Multiple birth
 No 79 (18) 148 (34) 206 (48) 0.095 36 (17) 41 (20) 131 (63) 0.849
 Yes 47 (18) 109 (42) 104 (40) 12 (17) 16 (23) 42 (60)
Infant’s sex
 Female 57 (16) 130 (37) 164 (47) 0.349 27 (19) 29 (21) 85 (60) 0.683
 Male 69 (20) 127 (37) 146 (43) 21 (15) 28 (20) 88 (65)
Preterm delivery
 Yes 44 (17) 123 (46) 99 (37) 0.0004 16 (16) 23 (23) 60 (61) 0.693
 No 82 (19) 134 (32) 211 (49) 32 (18) 34 (19) 113 (63)
Mode of delivery
 Spontaneous 49 (19) 91 (35) 121 (46) 0.631 14 (12) 23 (20) 77 (68) 0.206
 Cesarean section 74 (18) 162 (39) 180 (43) 34 (21) 34 (21) 93 (58)
 Forceps/vacuum 2 (13) 4 (27) 9 (60) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (100)
Maternal age (mean (SD)) 31.4 (6) 30.5 (7) 30.9 (6) 0.410 34.3 (5) 33.4 (5) 30.3 (7) <0.0001

Pregnancy complications are not mutually exclusive