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Introduction: Pre-Eclampsia and Gestational Hypertension are often categorised under the complicated hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. The present study was carried out to observe the maternal age distribution, family history of hypertension, blood group distribution, gravida status, gestational age at delivery and baby weight distribution among healthy pregnant women and pregnant women with PE/GH attending a tertiary care hospital at Udupi district.
Methodology: After obtaining the consent from pregnant women fulfilling the criteria for the study, details on maternal age distribution, family history of hypertension, blood group distribution, gravida status, gestational age at delivery and baby weight distribution were obtained from the patient records. Healthy pregnant were defined as those who had no complications in pregnancy till delivery and cases were defined as the ones who developed GH/PE anytime after 20 weeks of gestation.
Results: The present study identified that among Control 16.7% and among Case 29% had family history of hypertension. Larger percentage of women had blood group of O+ among control whereas it was B+ among case. Among Case, 48.6% women delivered at ≤37 weeks. The babies born to Control women had a birth weight of 3.07 ± 0.38 kg as compared to babies born to women with Gestational Hypertension/Pre-eclampsia which was 2.6 ± 0.32 kg.
Conclusion: The study could identify the distribution pattern of maternal age, family history of hypertension, blood group, gravida status, gestational age at delivery and baby birth weight and among healthy pregnant women and pregnant women with PE/GH attending a tertiary care hospital at Udupi district.
