Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and fetal death at different gestational lengths: a population study of 2 121 371 pregnancies

Abstract

In our nationwide study during 1967-2006, the risk of fetal death among women with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy has been greatly reduced, especially among pre-eclamptic women at term. The risk of fetal death among women with gestational or chronic hypertension has also decreased, but in a different manner.