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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
Volume 70, Issue 3, Pages 327-333Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(00)00240-X
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risk factor; pre-eclampsia
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Objective: To identify the risk factors for pre-eclampsia in an Asian population. Method: We conducted a retrospective cohort study involving 29 375 Taiwanese women who delivered between July 1990 and September 1998, excluding pregnancies complicated by chronic hypertension or fetal malformations. Result: Four hundred and fifteen women had pre-eclampsia (1.4%). Women who had a history of pre-eclampsia (OR 6.3, 95% CI 4.4, 9.2), multiple gestation (OR 3.6, 95% CI 2.4, 5.5), a prepregnancy BMI > 24.2 kg/m(2) (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.8, 3.1), were > 34 years of age (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.4, 2.4), nulliparous (OR 1.3, 95% CI 1.2, 1.5), had urinary tract infection (OR 4.8, 95% CI 1.5, 15.8), or worked during pregnancy (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.4, 2.4) were at increased risk of pre-eclampsia. Conclusion: Some of the risk factors for pre-eclampsia among Asian women are the same as those of other ethnic groups, whereas some of the risk factors are different. (C) 2000 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
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