Table 1.

Qualitative interview sample

Interviewee No	Ethnicity	Age *	Reason/s for inclusion	Diagnosis of Hypertension	IMDa	Highest Qualification
1	White British	42	Age, BMI, hypertensive in previous pregnancy, PE in previous pregnancy	No	1	First Degree
2	White British	29	First pregnancy, hypertensive before pregnancy	Yes, CH, GH	7	GCSE, O Level or CSE
3	Pakistani	23	First pregnancy	No	2	First Degree
4	White Other	40	BMI, an inter-pregnancy interval of >10 years previous (previous early miscarriage)	No	5	Professional qualification
5	White British	33	Family history of PE, hypertensive in previous pregnancy	No	9	Post-graduate or above
6	White British	33	First pregnancy	No	5	First degree
7	White British	38	First pregnancy, BMI	No	7	First degree
8	White British	27	First pregnancy, multiple pregnancy	No	8	First degree
9	unknown	31	First pregnancy, BMI	No	1	unknown
10	African	35	BMI	No	5	First degree
11	White British	36	Family history of PE, Previous hypertension, hypertensive in previous pregnancy	Yes, CH	10	Professional qualification
12	White British	30	First pregnancy	No	10	Post-graduate or above
13	White British	34	Hypertension in previous pregnancy	Yes, CH	4	First degree
14	White British	40	Age, first pregnancy	No	7	Post graduate qualification
15	White British	35	BMI, first pregnancy	No	10	Professional qualification

*Age at the time of interview

^aIndex of Multiple Deprivation

IMD – Index of Multiple Deprivation; Department for Communities and Local Government. English indices of deprivation 2015. http://imd-by-postcode.opendatacommunities.org/

CH Chronic hypertension, GH Gestational hypertension, PE Pre-eclampsia