Resumen

LUGO SANCHEZ, Ana; ALVAREZ PONCE, Vivian  y  RODRIGUEZ PEREZ, Alfredo. Epidemiological factors of hypertension during pregnancy. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 1999, vol.25, n.1, pp. 61-65. ISSN 1561-3062.

A study of 64 patients arterial hypertension during pregnancy was conducted in 1997. The main epidemiological factors were analyzed. Mild pre-eclampsia accounted for 6.1 % of the total of patients with hypertension induced by pregnancy (HIP). Of all the hypertensive patients, 61.1 % had risk factors, among which obesity was in the first place (54.5 %). 85.7 % of the patients with HIP were adolescents, whereas 64.9 % were nuliparous. It was also proved that 52.8 % of the HIP were diagnosed after the 34 weeks.

Palabras clave : PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS CARDIOVASCULARES [epidemiology]; HYPERTENSION [epidemiology]; HYPERTENSION [complications]; PRE-ECLAMPSIA [etiology]; RISK FACTORS.

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