Obesity and gynaecological and obstetric conditions: umbrella review of the literature.

ABSTRACT: Objective To study the strength and validity of associations between adiposity and risk of any type of obstetric or gynaecological conditions.Design An umbrella review of meta-analyses.Data sources PubMed, Cochrane database of systematic reviews, manual screening of references for systematic reviews or meta-analyses of observational and interventional studies evaluating the association between adiposity and risk of any obstetrical or gynaecological outcome.Main outcomes Meta-analyses of cohort studies on associations between indices of adiposity and obstetric and gynaecological outcomes.Data synthesis Evidence from observational studies was graded into strong, highly suggestive, suggestive, or weak based on the significance of the random effects summary e

SUBMITTER: Kalliala I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5656976 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature