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This study aimed to determine the knowledge of Preeclampsia (PE) among pregnant womenattending Antenatal care at Kampala International University-Teaching Hospital (KIU – TH).Epi info version 7 was used to code and enter data, and the data was exported into SPSSversion 22.0 for analysis. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses wereperformed to determine factors associated with adequate PE knowledge. Variables with a pvalueof < 0.2 during a univariate analysis were incorporated into a multivariate logisticregression model to control for confounding. Hosmer and Lemeshow's test was used to testthe goodness-of-fit of the final logistic regression model. The majority of pregnant womenwere married (81.6%), unemployed (78.4%), residing in a rural setting (69.4%), havingattained a primary education (64.7%), and not aware of any family history of preeclampsia.The majority had inadequate knowledge about PE (89.4%), while 10.6% had adequateknowledge. Age above 35 years, having an education above primary level, and having aparity of >2 were significantly associated with adequate knowledge in a univariate logisticregression model. Having a primary education, having more than one pregnancy, andhaving experienced PE before were independently associated with adequate PE knowledgein the multivariate logistic regression model.