Incidence of gestational high blood pressure

To evaluate the incidence of gestational high blood pressure,500 pregnant women were randomly selected from ch. rahmat ali memorial trust teaching hospital and at private clinic. their physical examination performed,blood and urine samples were collected and were investigated. there was regular follow up of these patients till parturition. 180 out of 500(36%) females were identified to be the cases of gestational hypertension. 72% of the cases were primigravidae and 28% were multi gravidae. 23% of the cases were found to be of old age. results indicate a good prevalence of high blood pressure among pregnant ladies in lahore,which stresses more on the importance of a good and regular antenatal care.