title: Pre-eclampsia - a problem of primipaternity not primigravidity?
abstract: Recent reports suggest that the incidence of pre-eclampsia may be associated with a change in paternity and the duration of cohabitation. In this study, we undertook to confirm the association between the duration of cohabitation and pre-eclampsia by performing a case-control study. There was no significant difference between women with pre-eclampsia and their controls in respect to the duration of cohabitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and MRC/UN Pregnancy Hypertension Research Unit, University of Natal Medical School, Durban, South Africa.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mahomed
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moodley