<![CDATA[Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication characterized by hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks of gestation, with high maternal morbidity and mortality rates in Indonesia. Various risk factors have been identified, with high Body Mass Index (BMI) being one of the dominant modifiable risk factors. This study aims to analyze the relationship between maternal BMI and the incidence of preeclampsia and identify other risk factors at RSUD Banten. This study is an observational analytical study with a case-control design involving 282 respondents (141 preeclampsia cases and 141 controls) taken from medical record data at RSUD Banten from January-October 2025. Data were analyzed using Chi-Square test and Odds Ratio (OR) calculation with 95% confidence interval. The results showed that pregnant women with overweight-obese BMI (≥25 kg/m²) had a 3.92 times higher risk of developing preeclampsia compared to mothers with normal BMI (OR=3.917; 95% CI: 2.317-6.623; p]]>
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