Table 4. Univariate analysis of the association between preeclampsia and clinical parameters before and during pregnancy following kidney transplantation.
| Characteristic | Pregnancies with preeclampsia N = 65 |
Pregnancies without preeclampsia N = 110 |
Crude OR (95% CI) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic hypertension, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 35 (54) | 19 (17) | 5.58 (2.79–11.19) | <0.001 | |
| No | 30 (46) | 91 (83) | |||
| Preeclampsia in a pregnancy prior to transplantation, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 15 (23) | 7 (6) | 4.41 (1.69–11.51) | 0.002 | |
| No | 50 (77) | 103 (94) | |||
| Elevated sCr at the start of pregnancy (≥125 μmol/L), n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 12 (18) | 4 (4) | 5.33 (1.24–24.79) | 0.025 | |
| No | 53 (82) | 106 (96) | |||
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 5 (8) | 4 (4) | 3.07 (0.59–16.14) | 0.18 | |
| No | 60 (92) | 106 (96) | |||
| >1 transplantation, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 6 (9) | 17 (15) | 0.40 (0.09–1.90) | 0.25 | |
| No | 58 (91) | 93 (85) | |||
| Twin pregnancy, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 1 (1.5) | 1 (1) | 1.70 (0.11–27.70) | 0.71 | |
| No | 64 (98.5) | 109 (99) | |||
| Time from transplantation to pregnancy <24 months, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 4 (6) | 7 (6) | 0.97 (0.27–3.43) | 0.96 | |
| No | 61 (94) | 103 (94) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; sCR, serum creatinine