Table 3.
Pattern of hypertension among different parity and age group
| Types of hypertension n (%) |
P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH | PE | ECLP | CHPT | CHPT + PE | ||
| Parity | ||||||
| Nulli | 23 (14.2) | 13 (8.1) | 20 (12.4) | 1 (0.6) | 0 | 0.10 |
| Primi | 13 (8.1) | 8 (5.0) | 4 (2.5) | 2 (1.2) | 3 (1.9) | |
| Multi | 19 (11.8) | 14 (8.7) | 9 (5.6) | 2 (1.2) | 5 (3.1) | |
| G/multi | 9 (5.6) | 5 (3.1) | 3 (1.9) | 5 (3.1) | 3 (1.9) | |
| Age | ||||||
| ˂20 | 2 (1.2) | 2 (1.2) | 0 | 2 (1.2) | 2 (1.2) | 0.21 |
| 20-24 | 20 (12.4) | 9 (5.6) | 11 (6.8) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | |
| 25-29 | 19 (11.8) | 10 (6.2) | 10 (6.2) | 3 (1.9) | 6 (3.7) | |
| 30-34 | 9 (5.6) | 12 (7.6) | 8 (5.0) | 0 | 1 (0.6) | |
| 35-39 | 11 (6.8) | 4 (2.5) | 5 (3.1) | 4 (2.5) | 1 (0.6) | |
| 40-44 | 1 (0.6) | 3 (1.9) | 2 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | |
| ≥45 | 2 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GH – Gestational hypertension; PE – Preeclampsia; ECLP – Eclampsia; CHPT – Chronic hypertension; CHPT+PE – Chronic hypertension with superimposed preeclampsia; G/multi – Grandmultiparity