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

Table 4

Multivariable output for a case-control study on personnel and obstetric factors of preeclampsia among pregnant women attending hospitals in southern Ethiopia.

Variable	Outcome variable		Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	value
	Preeclampsia, n (%)	Controls, n (%)
Husband’s occupation
Government employee	45 (28.8%)	92 (28.2%)	0.64 (0.27–1.55)	0.34
Private employee	37 (23.7%)	103 (31.6%)	0.46 (0.19–1.12)	0.09
Farmer	55 (35.3%)	89 (27.3%)	0.78 (0.33–1.87)	0.58
Merchant	8 (5.1%)	26 (8.0%)	0.32 (0.10–1.02)	0.06
Others	11 (7.1%)	16 (4.9%)	Ref
Body mass index (BMI)
Underweight	18 (11.5%)	19 (5.8%)	Ref
Normal weight	92 (59.0%)	215 (66.0%)	0.42 (0.21–0.87)	0.02
Overweight	39 (25.0%)	86 (26.4%)	0.49 (0.23–1.06)	0.07
Obese	7 (4.5%)	6 (1.8%)	1.46 (0.39–5.55)	0.58
Pregnancy interval
No prior childbirth	59 (37.8%)	107 (32.8%)	1.62 (1.03–2.55)	0.04
Less than 2 years	32 (20.5%)	53 (16.3%)	1.74 (1.00–3.03)	0.05
Two to five years	65 (41.7%)	166 (50.9%)	(1.01–3.03)
Marital status
Unmarried	5 (3.2%)	23 (7.2%)	Ref
Married	151 (96.8%)	303 (92.9%)	2.58 (0.93–7.17)	0.07
Family history of diabetes mellitus
Yes	10 (6.4%)	30 (9.2%)	2.31 (0.91–5.84)	0.08
No	146 (93.6)	296 (90.8)	Ref
Family history of chronic hypertension
No history	119 (76.3%)	276 (84.7%)	Ref
Primary relatives	18 (11.5%)	20 (6.1%)	2.42 (1.16–5.05)	0.02
Secondary relatives	19 (12.2%)	30 (9.2%)	1.32 (0.68–2.55)	0.42
Personnel history of diabetes mellitus
Yes	9 (5.8%)	13 (4.0%)	0.35 (0.12–1.01)	0.05
No	147 (94.2%)	313 (96.0%)	Ref