Background:
Preeclampsia occurs in 2-10% of pregnancies, worldwide, and is characterized
as a combination of hypertension and proteinuria.
Objective:
The purpose of this study is to determine the risk factors associated with the
incidence of preeclampsia in the west of Iran and associated factors.
Methods:
This is a cross sectional study that was performed on 740 pregnant women
between 2014- 2017, who were referred to different health care centers of Khorramabad. The
data was collected from these centers and a questionnaire was filled for every woman that
included age, height, gender of the neonate, number of pregnancies, multiparity, season of the
pregnancy, birth weight, mothers’ body mass index (BMI) before delivery, smoking history
and diagnosis of preeclampsia. The data obtained was statistically analyzed using SPSS
software.
Results:
Of 760 subjects included, 1.1% (8 cases) were reported to be presented with
preeclampsia. We found a significant difference between non pre-eclamptic and preeclamptic patients in terms of BMI (p=0.006), number of pregnancies (p<0.05), maternal age
(p<0.05) and weight (p=0.004). With an increase in BMI and the number of pregnancies, the
risk of preeclampsia was elevated. Pre-eclamptic mothers had higher body weight than nonpre-eclamptic ones (75.9 kg vs 65.6 kg) and the prevalence of preeclampsia increased with
the age.
Conclusion:
The prevalence of preeclampsia was seen to be positively associated with higher
BMI, pregnancy rate, mother weight and age are associated with higher prevalence of
preeclampsia.
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