The Relationship Between Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension And Calcium Levels

Abstract

Hypertension in pregnancy often progresses to pre-eclampsia as one of the biggest contributors to maternal mortality. Mineral and nutritional factors have an important role in the etiology of hypertension in pregnancy, especially pre-eclampsia. Mineral factors associated with hypertension are calcium. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship of calcium levels with the incidence of hypertension in pregnancy. This study uses a cross-sectional study design that measures / observes independent variables (calcium levels) with dependent variables (hypertension in pregnancy). The number of samples was 43 trimester II pregnant women taken by consecutive sampling technique. This study uses primary data by examining blood pressure and calcium levels in the blood serum of pregnant women. Univariate analysis results showed 30% of pregnant women experience hypertension in pregnancy, and 44% of pregnant women have insufficient calcium levels. The results of calcium levels and the incidence of hypertension in second trimester pregnant women (p value 0,000).the bivariate analysis prove that there is a significant correlation between maternal blood