PREECLAMPSIA ASSOCIATED FACTORS AT HOSPITAL SANTO TOMÁS IN 2015

Abstract

Preeclampsia is a public health issue as it remains one of the main causes of mortality in pregnant women. Its associated risk factors have yet to be described in the Panamanian population. Through an analytic and retrospective case-control study we studied 300 cases and 627 controls taken from a population of 10 973 pregnant women hospitalized in the Hospital Santo Tomás, Panama City from January to December of 2015. We observed that an age under that of 20 (OR = 1.40 [IC:1.01-1.94]), primiparity (OR = 2.22 [IC:1.68-2.95]) and previous history of preeclampsia (OR = 2.96 [IC:1.46-5.98]) were found to be risk factors. Meanwhile, history of C-section (OR = 0.56 [IC:0.35-0.90]) and previous abortion OR (OR = 0.48 [IC: 0.31-0.75]) were found to be protective factors. Factors including age above 35 years and consistent prenatal control were unrelated. We can conclude that in our sample preeclampsia occurs in young and primiparous pregnant women.