Predictors of Postpartum Persisting Hypertension Among Women with Preeclampsia Admitted at Carlos Manuel de Cèspedes Teaching Hospital, Cuba

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Table 1 Univariate Analysis for Predictors of Persisting Hypertension in Women with Preeclampsia at Manuel de Cèspedes Teaching Hospital

Variables	Persisting Hypertension at Twelve Weeks			cRR (95% CI)	p-value
	Total	Yes, 45(27.8%)	No, 117(72.2%)
	N=162
Age(in years)	26.8 ±6.6	26.4± 6.4	27.7 ±7.2		0.269
Mean ±SD
20–35	117 (72.2%)	28 (62.2%)	89 (76.1%)	1.58 (1.96–2.59)	0.038*
≥35	45 (27.8%)	17 (37.8%)	28 (23.9%)
Preeclampsia before 34 WOG
No	130 (80.3%)	15 (33.4%)	115 (98.2%)	8.13 (5.01–13.19)	0.000*
Yes	32 (19.7%)	30 (66,6%)	2 (1.8%)
Family H/o Preeclampsia
No	140 (86.4%)	37 (82.2%)	103 (88%)	1.38 (0.74–2.55)	0.333
Yes	22 (13.6%)	8 (17.8%)	14 (12%)
Body Mass Index	25.0± 5.2	24.8 ±5.2	25.4 ±5.2		0.505
Mean ±SD
<30	134 (82.7%)	34 (75.6%)	100 (85.5%)	1.55 (0.90–2.67)	0.135
≥30	28 (17.3%)	11 (24.4%)	17 (14.5%)
Parity
Primiparous	78 (48.1%)	17 (37.8%)	61 (52.1%)	1.53 (0.91–2.57)	0.101
Multiparous	84 (51.9%)	28 (62.2%)	56 (47.9%)
Pregnancy status
Singleton	156 (96.3%)	44 (97.8%)	112 (95.7%)	0 0.59 (0.10–3.60)	0.536
Multiple	6 (3.7%)	1 (2.2%)	5 (4.3%)
HELLP syndrome
No	156 (96.3%)	43 (95.6%)	113 (96.6%)	1.21 (0.38–3.86)	0.757
Yes	6 (3.7%)	2 (4.4%)	4 (3.4%)
Doppler USS Positive
No	144 (88.9%)	37 (82.2%)	107 (91.5%)	1.73 (0.96–3.11)	0.044*
Yes	18 (11.1%)	8 (17.8%)	10 (8.5%)
FullPIERS test
Negative	152 (93.8%)	40 (88.9%)	112 (95.7%)	1.90 (0.97–3.73)	0.105
Positive	10 (6.2%)	5 (11.1%)	5 (4.3%)
Platelets (x10^9/l)	220.4 ±64.6	220.5 ±58.4	220.2± 79.2		0.981
Mean± SD
≥150	149 (92.0%)	39 (86.7%)	110 (94.0%)	1.76 (0.92–3.36)	0.123
<150	13 (8.0%)	6 (13.3%)	7 (6.0%)
Serum PGT (iu/l)	29.3 ±32.2	26.6 ±24.0	36.2 ±46.9		0.09
Mean ±SD
≤48	149 (92.0%)	38 (84.4%)	111 (94.9%)	2.11 (1.19–3.75)	0.029*
>48	13 (8.0%)	7 (15.6%)	6 (5.1%)
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	64.1 ±43.5	58.9 ±25.7	77.9 ±70.2		0.012
Mean± SD
≤0.8	62 (38.3%)	17 (37.8%)	45 (38.5%)	0.14 (0.11–0.98)	0.036*
>0.8	100 (61.7%)	28 (62.2%)	72 (61.5%)

Note: *p<0.05.

Abbreviations: cRR, crude risk ratio; SD, standard deviation; USS, ultrasound scan; WOG, weeks of gestation.

Table 2 Multivariate Analysis for Predictors of Persisting Hypertension at Manuel de Cèspedes Teaching Hospital

Variables	aRR (95% CI)	p-value
Age (in years)
<35	1.00
≥35	1.14 (1.131–4.847)	0.022*
Preeclampsia before 34 WOG
No	1.00
Yes	7.93 (1.812–34.684)	0.006*
Doppler USS Positive
No	1.00
Yes	1.39 (1.172–3.794)	0.141
Serum PGT (iu/l)
≤48	1.00
>48	1.17 (1.155–8.829)	0.154
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)
≤0.8	1.00
>0.8	1.35 (1.241–3.606)	0.032*
Multiparity
No	1.00
Yes	1.11 (0.434–2.821)	0.831
Body Mass Index ≥ 30
No	1.00
Yes	1.09 (0.577–2.038)	0.801

Note: *p<0.05

Abbreviations: aRR, adjusted risk ratio; USS, ultrasound scan; WOG, weeks of gestation.