Assessment of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Liver Diseases Unique to Pregnancy at a Tertiary Hospital in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 1
Patient demographic and obstetrics characteristics.
PE/E with liver dysfunction (%)
HELLP syndrome (%)
AFLP (%)
ICP (%)
HG with liver dysfunction (%)
Age
≤24
13 (30.2%)
12 (34.3%)
4 (57.1%)
—
8 (88.9%)
25-34
25 (58.1%)
18 (51.4%)
3 (42.9%)
1 (100%)
1 (11.1%)
≥35
5 (11.6%)
5 (14.3%)
—
—
—
Parity
Primipara
19 (44.2%)
22 (62.9%)
3 (42.9%)
1 (100%)
6 (66.7%)
Multipara
24 (55.8%)
13 (37.1%)
4 (57.1%)
—
3 (33.3%)
Number of gestation
Single
38 (88.4%)
32 (91.4%)
7 (100%)
1 (100%)
8 (88.9%)
Multiple
5 (11.6%)
3 (8.6%)
—
—
1 (11.1%)
Time of diagnosis
1st trimester
—
—
—
—
7 (77.8%)
2nd trimester
4 (9.3%)
2 (5.7%)
—
—
2 (22.2%)
3rd trimester
39 (90.7%)
29 (82.9%)
7 (100%)
1 (100%)
—
Postpartum
—
4 (11.4%)
—
—
—
Birth weight
<1500
16 (37.2%)
10 (28.6%)
2 (28.6%)
—
—
1500-2499
15 (34.9%)
18 (51.4%)
3 (42.9%)
—
1 (11.1%)
>2500
12 (27.9%)
7 (20%)
2 (28.6%)
1 (100%)
8 (88.9%)
Sex of newborn
Male
21 (48.8%)
21 (60%)
6 (85.7%)
1 (100%)
5 (55.6%)
Female
22 (51.2%)
14 (40%)
1 (14.3%)
—
4 (44.4%)
PE/E: preeclampsia/eclampsia; HELLP: hemolysis elevated liver enzyme and low platelet; AFLP: acute fatty liver of pregnancy; ICP: intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; HG: hyperemesis gravidarum.
