Individual and Obstetric Risk Factors of Preeclampsia among Singleton Pregnancy in Hospitals of Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of women enrolled for a case-control study conducted among singleton pregnant women attending perinatal care in Omo district hospitals, southern Ethiopia. Individual and family-related characteristics of participants.

Variable	Outcome variable		X^2	Crude odds ratio (95% CI)	value
	Preeclampsia, n (%)	Controls, n (%)
Participant age
<20 years	22 (14.1%)	36 (11.0%)	1.56	1 (ref)
20–29	99 (63.5%)	208 (63.8%)		0.78 (0.44–1.39)	0.40
30–34	24 (15.4%)	51 (15.6%)		0.77 (0.38–1.58)	0.48
35 and above	11 (7.1%)	31 (9.5%)		0.58 (0.24–1.38)	0.22
Residence
Urban	81 (51.9%)	178 (54.6%)	0.30	0.90 (0.61–1.32)	0.58
Rural	75 (48.1%)	148 (45.4%)		Ref
Women’s occupation
Housewife	87 (55.6%)	168 (51.5%)	3.08	1.41 (0.57–3.47)	0.46
Merchant	23 (14.7%)	47 (14.4%)		1.33 (0.49–3.61)	0.58
Government employee	15 (9.6%)	43 (13.2%)		0.95 (0.33–2.70)	0.92
Private worker	8 (5.1%)	23 (7.1%)		0.94 (0.28–3.08)	0.92
Students	16 (10.3%)	26 (8.0%)		1.67 (0.58–4.86)	0.35
Others	7 (4.5%)	19 (5.8%)		Ref
Husband’s occupation
Government employee	45 (28.8%)	92 (28.2%)	6.58	0.71 (0.31–1.66)	0.43
Private employee	37 (23.7%)	103 (31.6%)		0.52 (0.22–1.23)	0.14
Farmer	55 (35.3%)	89 (27.3%)		0.90 (0.39–2.08)	0.80
Merchant	8 (5.1%)	26 (8.0%		0.45 (0.15–1.24)	0.15
Others	11 (7.1%)	16 (4.9%)		Ref
Marital status
Unmarried	5 (3.2%)	23 (7.2%)	2.59	Ref
Married	151 (96.8%)	303 (92.9%)		2.29 (0.86–6.06)	0.09
Educational level
No formal education	40 (25.6%)	71 (21.8%)	2.48
Primary level	43 (27.6%)	97 (29.8%)		0.79 (0.46–1.33)	0.37
Secondary level	37 (23.7%)	94 (28.8%)		0.70 (0.41–1.20)	0.20
College and above	36 (23.1%)	64 (19.6%)		0.99 (0.57–1.75)	0.99