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

Table 3

Obstetric-related characteristics of women enrolled for a case-control study on factors of preeclampsia among pregnant women in Omo district hospitals, southern Ethiopia. The identified factors of preeclampsia.

Variable	Outcome variable		X^2	Crude odds ratio (95% CI)	value
	Preeclampsia, n (%)	Controls, n (%)
Fetal sex
Male	87 (55.8%)	177 (54.3%)	0.10	1.06 (0.72–1.56)	0.76
Female	69 (44.2%)	149 (45.7%)		Ref
Parity
Nulliparous	58 (37.2%)	100 (30.7%)	2.53	1.84 (0.69–4.86)	0.22
Primiparous	32 (20.5%)	74 (22.7%)		1.37 (0.50–3.75)	0.54
Multiparous	60 (38.5%)	133 (40.8%)		1.43 (0.54–3.76)	0.47
Grandmultiparous	6 (3.8%)	19 (5.8%)		Ref
Pregnancy interval
No prior childbirth	59 (37.8%)	107 (32.8%)	3.73	1.41 (0.92–2.16)	0.12
Less than 2 years	32 (20.5%)	53 (16.3%)		1.54 (0.91–2.60)	0.11
Two to five years	65 (41.7%)	166 (50.9%)		Ref
Pregnancy from new partner
Yes	33 (21.2%)	63 (19.3%)	0.22	1.12 (0.70–1.80)	0.64
No	123 (78.8%)	263 (80.7%)		Ref
ANC follow-up status
Yes	106 (67.9%)	212 (65.0%)	0.40	1.14 (0.76–1.71)
No	50 (32.1%)	114 (35.0%)		Ref	0.53
Nutritional counselling
Yes	138 (88.5%)	304 (93.3%)	3.2	0.56 (0.29–1.07)	0.07
No	18 (11.5%)	22 (6.7%)		Ref