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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women attending ANC and/or skilled delivery service in Bahir Dar City, October 2014

From: Obesity in young age is a risk factor for preeclampsia: a facility based case-control study, northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Preeclampsia

#COR (95 % CI)

Cases # (%)

Controls # (%)

Preeclampsia

All cases

Early onset Preeclampsia

Late onset Preeclampsia

Individual factors

 Age

   < 35 years

123 (82)

268 (88.7)

Base

39

Base

84

Base

   > = 35 years

28 (18.0)

34 (11.3)

2.04 (1.02, 4.07)

9

1.18 (0.92, 1.52)

19

1.77 (0.99,3.26)

 Residence

  Urban

82 (54.3)

195 (64.6)

Base

26

Base

56

Base

  Rural

69 (45.7)

107 (35.4)

1.53 (1.03, 2.28)

22

1.54 (0.83, 2.85)

47

1.56 (0.99,2.45)

 Marital status

  Married

141 (93.4)

281 (93.0)

Base

45

 

96

Base

  Singlea

10 (6.6)

21 (7.0)

0.95 (0.43, 2.06)

3

1.03 (0.42, 2.49)

7

1.00 (0.40,2.35)

 Occupation

  Employed

33 (21.8)

72 (23.8)

Base

12

 

21

Base

  Merchant

25 (16.6)

44 (14.6)

1.21 (0.65, 2.35)

8

1.09 (0.41, 2.88)

17

1.33 (0.63,2.78)

  House wife

93 (61.6)

186 (61.6)

1.17 (0.54, 2.54)

28

0.90 (0.43, 1.87)

65

1.21 (0.69,2.13)

 Education

  Unable to read & write

70 (40.9)

68 (24.1)

2.18 (1.19, 4.62)

27

1.11 (0.70 1.73)

44

1.12 (0.71,1.76)

  Able to read & write

101 (59.1)

214 (75.9)

Base

21

Base

59

Base

 Monthly Income

   < 1500 Birr

88 (58.3)

170 (56.3)

0.92 (0.62, 1.37)

28

0.92 (0.49, 1.70)

60

1.09 (0.70,1.73)

   > 1500 Birr

63 (41.7)

132 (43.7)

Base

20

Base

43

Base

  1. aUnmarried, widow and divorced