Open AccessHypertension in pregnancy: A community-based study
Author(s) -
Bharti Mehta,
Vijay Kumar,
Sumit Chawla,
Sandeep Sachdeva,
Debjyoti Mahopatra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.164403
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , gestational hypertension , obstetrics , chronic hypertension , hypertensive disorder , hypertension in pregnancy , rural community , family history , gestation , preeclampsia , demography , genetics , sociology , biology
Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy occur in women with preexisting primary or secondary chronic hypertension, and in women who develop new-onset hypertension in the second half of pregnancy. The present study was undertaken to study the prevalence and correlates of hypertension in pregnancy in a rural block of Haryana.