Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Study participants responded to “Have you ever had toxemia/pre-eclampsia (raised blood pressure and proteinuria)
with any pregnancy?” on the NHSII baseline questionnaire and biennially. A recent validation of pre-eclampsia
compared with medical record review showed self-reported preeclampsia is a moderately good indicator of
hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDOP) (positive predictive value, 73%) (17)