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Preeclampsia is when a pregnant woman has blood pressure elevation beyond the average value determined by some organization, like Joint National Committee. Preeclampsia is a perilous threat to a pregnant woman and her child. Preeclampsia can be caused by some risk factors that can lead to the development of preeclampsia in a pregnant woman, like risky age and a history of previous preeclampsia. Knowing the risk factors for preeclampsia is a significant first step for evading preeclampsia occurrence in a pregnant woman to reduce the mortality of women during their pregnancy period. This research was an analytic observational study with a case-control approach. The sampling method was the total sampling technique and 182 samples which 91 case samples and 91 control samples were obtained through medical records. The research data was analyzed with a chi-square test. The result showed that of all the 182 samples, there were 31 pregnant women (34.1%) with risky age who had preeclampsia with a p-value of 0.000 and odd ratio (OR) of 4.185, 35 pregnant women (38.5%) with a history of previous preeclampsia who had preeclampsia with p-value 0.000 and bizarre ratio(OR) 56.250. In this research, risky age and history of previous preeclampsia were risk factors for preeclampsia at Siti Fatimah Makassar Woman and Children Regional Special Hospital in 2021.

Preeclampsia; risky age; history of preeclampsia