Table 3.

Prevalence of preeclampsia among the study participants.

Categories	n (%)
N	111
Non-preeclamptic pregnancies	92 (83.8)
Preeclamptic pregnancies	16 (14.4)
De novo	11 (9.9)
Superimposed on chronic hypertension	6 (5.4)

De novo: preeclampsia with hypertension developed after 20 weeks of gestation²⁶. Superimposed: preeclampsia with pre-pregnancy hypertension or that developed before 20 weeks of gestation was defined as preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension²⁷.