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Epidemiology of Hypertension During Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Bo S. Lindberg
Bo S. Lindberg
Affiliation:
University Hospital, Uppsala
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Abstract

Hypertension during pregnancy, defined as a diastolic blood pressure of at least 90 mm Hg, occurs in about 7% of Western countries. Primiparity and familial factors are the most important risk factors. Fifty percent of women experienced blood pressure elevation as late as the last month of pregnancy.

Type
Screening for Asymptomatic Pregnancy Hypertension
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 8 , Supplement S1 , January 1992 , pp. 57 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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