Table 2 Self-reported diagnoses of pregnant women in central South Africa: the NuEMI study 2018–2019
Currently | Previously | Never | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Hypertension (N = 682) | 157 | 23.0 | 95 | 13.9 | 430 | 63.1 |
Heart disease (N = 681) | 4 | 0.6 | 17 | 2.5 | 660 | 96.9 |
Diabetes mellitus (N = 681) | 31 | 4.6 | 7 | 1.0 | 643 | 94.4 |
Tuberculosis (TB) (N = 681) | 7 | 1.0 | 29 | 4.5 | 645 | 94.7 |
Asthma (N = 681) | 21 | 3.1 | 26 | 3.8 | 634 | 93.1 |
Any sexually transmitted disease (STD) (N = 682) | 126 | 18.5 | 6 | 10.1 | 487 | 71.4 |
Vaginal infection/discharge (N = 682) | 106 | 15.4 | 91 | 13.3 | 485 | 71.1 |
Cancer (N = 681) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.6 | 677 | 99.4 |
Lung diseases (N = 681) | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.9 | 674 | 99.0 |
Elevated cholesterol (N = 680) | 3 | 0.4 | 7 | 1.0 | 670 | 98.5 |
Stroke (N = 680) | 1 | 0.2 | 10 | 1.5 | 669 | 98.4 |