Abstract
The relationship between race and risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension was investigated in a cohort of active-duty military women who gave birth during the period 1987 through 1989. Cases were identified through hospital discharge diagnoses and included transient gestational hypertension, pre- eclampsia, eclampsia, and unspecified hypertension complicating pregnancy. Multivariate analysis showed nulliparous Black women to be at a slightly increased risk for all pregnancy-induced hypertension (risk ratio [RR] = 1.2) and for pre-eclampsia (RR = 1.3) compared with nulliparous White women. Black parous women were found to have a slightly reduced risk of all pregnancy- induced hypertension (RR = 0.77) and pre-eclampsia (RR = 0.38) compared with White parous women.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1508-1510 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | American Journal of Public Health |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| State | Published - 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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The risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension : Black and White differences in a military population. / Irwin, D. E.; Savitz, D. A.; Hertz-Picciotto, Irva; St. Andre, K. A.
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AU - Irwin, D. E.
AU - Savitz, D. A.
AU - Hertz-Picciotto, Irva
AU - St. Andre, K. A.
PY - 1994
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N2 - The relationship between race and risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension was investigated in a cohort of active-duty military women who gave birth during the period 1987 through 1989. Cases were identified through hospital discharge diagnoses and included transient gestational hypertension, pre- eclampsia, eclampsia, and unspecified hypertension complicating pregnancy. Multivariate analysis showed nulliparous Black women to be at a slightly increased risk for all pregnancy-induced hypertension (risk ratio [RR] = 1.2) and for pre-eclampsia (RR = 1.3) compared with nulliparous White women. Black parous women were found to have a slightly reduced risk of all pregnancy- induced hypertension (RR = 0.77) and pre-eclampsia (RR = 0.38) compared with White parous women.
AB - The relationship between race and risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension was investigated in a cohort of active-duty military women who gave birth during the period 1987 through 1989. Cases were identified through hospital discharge diagnoses and included transient gestational hypertension, pre- eclampsia, eclampsia, and unspecified hypertension complicating pregnancy. Multivariate analysis showed nulliparous Black women to be at a slightly increased risk for all pregnancy-induced hypertension (risk ratio [RR] = 1.2) and for pre-eclampsia (RR = 1.3) compared with nulliparous White women. Black parous women were found to have a slightly reduced risk of all pregnancy- induced hypertension (RR = 0.77) and pre-eclampsia (RR = 0.38) compared with White parous women.
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