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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2017 Sep 7;32(1):1–12. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12400

Table 1.

Preeclampsia and preeclampsia subtype criteria

Phenotype Criteria Case Pregnancies
Preeclampsiaa
  • New onset systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure of ≥ 90 mm Hg

AND
  • Proteinuria ≥ 0.3 g/24-hr or ≥1+ on urine dipstick

1,545
Preeclampsia Subtypes
Severe preeclampsiaa General requirements of preeclampsia plus
  • Systolic blood pressure of ≥ 160 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure of ≥ 110 mm Hg

OR
  • Proteinuria ≥ 5g/24-hr or ≥3+ on urine dipstick

308
Early-onset preeclampsia General requirements of preeclampsia plus
  • Diagnosis prior to 34 completed weeks of gestation

277
Preeclampsia with early delivery General requirements of preeclampsia plus
  • Delivery prior to 34 completed weeks of gestation

132
Preeclampsia with small-for-gestational-age General requirements of preeclampsia plus
  • Infant born <10th percentile weight for gestational ageb

349
a

Cases with a validated diagnosis of eclampsia in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway were included in the preeclampsia and severe preeclampsia phenotypes.

b

Population percentiles derived from Norwegian distribution, eSnurra Norway