Preeclampsia in pregnancy in Thrakien: Risk factors and epidemiologic analysis. Our experience

Objective: Preeclampsia still represents a major risk factor for maternal-fetal health. To measure the incidence of preeclampsia-eclampsia and its perinatal mortality as they appear in the two major ethnic groups: Christian Orthodox and Muslims in Thrace. Study Design: Incidence and perinatal mortality of preeclampsia-eclampsia were studied retrospectively on all women managed in our clinic for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy who were delivered of a stillborn or live-born neonate between 1985 and 2010. We also compared the prevalence of certain risk factors of the disease as they appear in the above mentione…