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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: Pregnancy Hypertens. 2016 Oct 7;6(4):418–422. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2016.10.002

Table 3:

Risk of adverse perinatal outcomes, stratified by gestational and chronic hypertension, comparing infants born to hypertensive versus normotensive mothers

Gestational hypertension Chronic hypertension
Crude RR (95% CI) Adjusted* RR (95% CI) Crude RR (95% CI) Adjusted* RR (95% CI)
Stillbirth 2.2 (1.7–2.8) 2.1 (1.6–2.7) 3.9 (2.8–5.5) 2.8 (2.7–5.4)
Preterm birth 1.2 (1.1–1.3) 1.2 91.1–1.4) 2.1 (196–2.4) 2.3 (2.1–2.6)
SGA 1.7 (1.5–1.8) 1.8 (1.6–2.0) 1.7 (1.4–2.1) 1.9 (1.6–2.3)
Neonatal death 1.5 (1.0–2.3) 1.5 (0.98–2.2) 2.6 (1.5–4.5) 2.4 (1.4–4.2)
NNU Admission 2.1 (1.9–2.7) 2.1 (1.6–2.7) 3.6 (2.6–5.0) 3.6 (2.6–5.1)
*

models adjusted for maternal age, marital status, salaried employment, and booking weight

SGA: small for gestational age; NNU: neonatal unit