Risk Factors for Preeclampsia
List of Risk Factors for Preeclampsia
The list of risk factors mentioned for Preeclampsia
in various sources
includes:
Risk factors discussion:
High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy: NHLBI (Excerpt)
Who Is More Likely to Develop Preeclampsia?
- Women with chronic hypertension (high blood pressure before becoming
pregnant).
- Women who developed high blood pressure or preeclampsia during a previous
pregnancy, especially if these conditions occurred early in the pregnancy.
- Women who are obese prior to pregnancy.
- Pregnant women under the age of 20 or over the age of 40.
- Women who are pregnant with more than one baby.
- Women with diabetes, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or
scleroderma.
(Source: excerpt from
High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy: NHLBI)
REPORT of the WORKING GROUP on RESEARCH on HYPERTENSION DURING PREGNANCY: NHLBI (Excerpt)
Preeclampsia occurs more frequently and is
more severe in women with preexisting hypertension than in women who are
normotensive prior to pregnancy. From a public health perspective, it is
alarming that the rate of preeclampsia has increased by nearly one-third over
the past decade, likely due to a rise in the number of older mothers and
multiple births, scenarios that predispose to preeclampsia. Older maternal age
during pregnancy also contributes to an increased frequency of chronic
hypertension and thus preeclampsia complicating pregnancy.
(Source: excerpt from REPORT of the WORKING GROUP on RESEARCH on HYPERTENSION DURING PREGNANCY: NHLBI)
Risks factors for Preeclampsia: medical news summaries:
The following medical news items
are relevant to risk factors for Preeclampsia:
About risk factors:
Risk factors for Preeclampsia are factors that do not seem
to be a direct cause of the disease,
but seem to be associated in some way.
Having a risk factor for Preeclampsia
makes the chances
of getting a condition higher but does
not always lead to Preeclampsia.
Also, the absence of any risk factors
or having a protective factor does not necessarily
guard you against getting Preeclampsia.
For general information and a list of risk factors,
see the risk center.
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