Table 1.

Comparison of diagnostic requirements for pre-eclampsia, from published literature in Bangladesh and Nigeria*

	Nigeria										Bangladesh
	Adeyinka et al., 2010	Akiibinu et al., 2013	Arinola et al., 2006	Chigbu et al., 2009	Glew et al., 2005	Glew et al., 2004	Ikechukwu et al., 2012	Ikpen et al., 2012	Salako et al., 2003	Vanderjagt et al, 2004	Akhtar et al., 2013	Begum & Fardousi, 2014	Begum et al., 2013	Bhowmik, 2013	Fatima et al, 2013	Fronczak et al., 2005	Hoque et al., 2008	Jesmin et al., 2011	Khan et al., 2014	Khatun et al., 2000	Kishwara et al., 2011	Rahman et al., 2012	Razzaque et al., 2005	Sarwar et al., 2013	Yousuf et al., 2011
Blood pressure:
sBP≥140	●			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●			●	●	●	●				●	●
sBP≥130			●						●
sBP = 169 ± 26.0 mm Hg		●
dBP 90	●		●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●		●			●	●	●	●				●	●
dBP = 102 ± 11.0 mm Hg		●
or relative increase in sBP≥30 mm Hg				●					●	●								●		●
or relative increase in dBP>15 mm Hg				●					●	●								●		●
dBP≥110 at any time OR mean arterial pressure >105 mm Hg				●
“Hypertension”													●			●						●
“Elevated blood pressure”															●						●		●
Timing of BP measurement:
Not described		●			●	●				●		●	●	●	●	●			●		●	●	●		●
Two times	●		●	●			●	●	●								●	●		●				●
4 h apart	●							●
6 h apart			●	●					●								●	●		●				●
Proteinuria:
300 mg (0.3 g)	●													●			●	●	●	●
2+ Dipstick								○
>100 mg/d			●
368 ± 39 mg/24h		●
≥190 mg/g creatinine					●	●
≥190 mg/g total protein										●
or 1+ if specific gravity was ≤1.030 and pH was <8								○
“Proteinuria”				●			●				●	○	○		●						●	●	●	●	●
Not specified									●
Gestational age:
After 20 weeks		●		●				●							●		●	●	●		●	●		●	●
After 22 weeks							●
Second half of pregnancy	●
Third trimester																●
Not specified			●		●	●			●	●	●	●	●	●						●			●
Other maternal conditions:
Epigastric/abdominal pain		●				●
Severe headache		●														○
Dizziness																○
Cerebral or visual disturbances						●
Vomiting		●
Cyanosis (bluish skin discoloration)						●
Pulmonary edema						●
Swelling/edema										●	○					○			○				○	○
Organ dysfunction												○
Reduction in plasma volume																					●
Increase in peripheral resistance																					●
Generalized vasoconstriction																					●

● – required for diagnosis; ○ – may or may not be required

*References to the studies are listed in Table S1 in the Online Supplementary Document.