Risk Factors of Preeclampsia Women in Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital at Makassar City 2015 Cicilia Fitri1,*, Ikhsan Muhammad1, Abdullah H. M. Tahir1 1Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km. 10, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Kota, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, 90245, Indonesia *Corresponding author: Fitri Cicilia, E-mail: ciciliayoseph@gmail.com
Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract Preeclampsia or formerly known as toxaemia is a condition of high blood pressure that develops in pregnant woman who have not had high blood pressure before. It usually happens late in pregnancy although it can happen earlier. The aim of this study is to analyse risk factors on maternal age, parity, hypertension history, diabetes mellitus history (DM) toward preeclampsia. The study type was an analytic observational with case control study design. The sample sizes were 80 respondents selected based on simple random sampling. The data was analysed using available SPSS program. The univariate analysis was represented in form of frequency distribution. The bivariate analysis used Odds Ratio (OR) statistic test. The result found that maternal age and parity were not risk factors for preeclampsia with: age variable OR=1.855 95% CI= 0.692–4.973 and parity variable OR= 1.842, 95% CI= 0.755–4.493. Meanwhile, hypertension history and DM history were not calculated since only cases group had hypertension history and DM history. Top Keywords Age, Parity, Preeclampsia, Pregnant Women. Top |