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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Pregnancy Hypertens. 2020 Jan 3;19:112–118. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2020.01.001

Table 3.

Pregnancies with multiple high blood pressures without a diagnosis (Set B)-Treatment and Blood pressure

All
n= 7,559
n %
Received antihypertensive medication fills during pregnancy 585 (7.7)
 Gestational age at first prescription (median, interquartile range in weeks)* 20.7 (9.4,31.7)
Visits with high BP during pregnancy
 Anytime during pregnancy
  ≥2 visits with high BP 7,559 (100)
   Median time between first and last visits with high BP (interquartile range, in weeks) 32.3 (29.4, 35.0)
  ≥3 visits with high BP 5,786 (76.5)
  ≥1 visit with severe high BP 1,537 (20.3)
 From 20 weeks gestation to delivery
  ≥1 visit with high BP 4,990 (66.0)
  ≥1 visit with severe high BP 480 (6.4)
*

Calculation of median and interquartile was restricted to pregnancies with prescription fill respectively.

High blood pressure (BP) defined as BP ≥ 140/90 mm Hg and severe high BP defined as BP ≥ 160/110 mm Hg. Excluding BP measured on the delivery day.