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Diana Paola González-Valencia1, Soraya Yenifer Valero-Rubio1, Carlos Fernando Grillo-Ardila1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia.
Objective:
To explore the association between prehypertension and the development of perinatal complications.
Methods:
Retrospective cohort study (n = 293) that included pregnant women over 18 years of age carrying a single fetus of a gestational age of less than 20 weeks. Participants with chronic disease, assisted reproduction, fetal anomalies, early gestational loss, multiple pregnancy or who were delivered in a different institution were excluded. Pregnant women with and without prehypertension were compared. Multiple logistic regression was carried out.
Results:
Prehypertension increased the incidence of hypertensive disorders (aOR 3.54, 95% CI 1.83-6.83) and hospitalization (aOR 2.41, 95% CI 1.17-4.95). No differences were found for other perinatal complications.
Conclusions:
Prehypertension increases the incidence of hypertensive disorders and hospitalization during pregnancy.
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