Age has an important influence on the incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. But in this study majority of the hypertensive mothers were between the ages of 20 to 25 years. This could be because the majority of conceptions take place in this age group in our country. A high perinatal mortality rate in pregnancy associated hypertension is in conformity with earlier literature. In conclusion, the frequency of hyper tensive disorders of pregnancy continues to remain high and majority are due to toxemia of pregnancy.
Perinatal mortality is signifi-cantly high in mothers with hypertensive disorders.
The frequency of both preterm and intrauterine growth retarded babies in higher in these mothers and birth asphyxia is the commonest neonatal complication. JN drafted the manuscript. JB was responsible for collection, analysis and interpretation of data. Key Messages Pregnancy associated hypertension still contibutes significantly to perinatal mortality and morbidity. Severity of hypertension has a bearing on birth weight.