as increasing blood pressure (BP).[1,2] Pregnancy‑induced
hypertension has been defined as systolic BP of 140 mmHg
and more or diastolic BP of 90 mmHg and more.[1,3] BP
increases after the first half of pregnancy in gestational
hypertension and preeclampsia, but is differentiated from
preeclampsia by the absence of proteinuria.[4]
These disorders are the main cause of morbidity and
mortality of fetus and mother across the world.[1,4,5]
Pregnancy hypertension is the most common type of these
disorders whose incidence is 6–7% in primiparous and
2–4% in multiparous women.[6] Gestational hypertension
brings about several maternal and fetal complications such