The association of maternal age and development of
preeclampsia was declared in studies conducted at
Finland [18] and Iran [19]. With this regard, the current
study showed the presence of higher odds of developing
preeclampsia in older women. Those pregnant women
who were 35 or above had four times more odds of develop
preeclampsia than those 25–29 years old. Likewise,
those women aged 30–34 years were about three times
more odds of developing preeclampsia than those 25–29
years old. This could be explained as woman gets older