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Table 2 General characteristics of women with HDPs

From: Adherence to drug therapy for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey

Variable name

Frequency (percentage)/median(P25 ~ P75)aN = 306

Type of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, n(%)

 Gestational hypertension

47 (15.36)

 Chronic hypertension

17 (5.56)

 Non-severe pre-eclampsia

40 (13.07)

 Severe pre-eclampsia

184 (60.13)

 Chronic hypertension superimposed severe pre-eclampsia

18 (5.88)

Weeks of gestation at admission, n(%)

 28~

91 (29.74)

 34~

97 (31.70)

 37~

118 (38.56)

Type of delivery, n(%)

 Eutocia

10 (3.27)

 Caesarean

293 (95.75)

 Induced labour

3 (0.98)

Number of foetuses, n(%)

 Single

257 (83.99)

 Twins

49 (16.01)

The time from admission to delivery, n(%)

  < 24 h

95 (31.05)

  ≥ 24 h

211 (68.95)

Health insurance, n(%)

 No

31 (10.13)

 Yes

275 (89.87)

 Age, median(P25 ~ P75)

30 (27 ~ 35)

 Parity, median(P25 ~ P75)

0 (0 ~ 1)

 Number of abortions, median(P25 ~ P75)

1 (0 ~ 2)

  1. Notes: HDPs hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
  2. a P25 representes the lower quartile, and P75 representes the upper quartile