Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Eastern and Southeastern Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To review the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Eastern and Southeastern Asia.

Methods

We systematically searched for observational studies on GDM prevalence from January 2000 to December 2016. Inclusion criteria were original English papers, with full texts published in peer-reviewed journals. The quality of included studies was evaluated using the guidelines of the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia. Fixed effects and random effects models were used to estimate the summary prevalence of GDM and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Results

A total of 4415 papers were screened, and 48 studies with 63 GDM prevalence observations were included in the final review. The pooled prevalence of GDM was 10.1% (95% CI: 6.5

SUBMITTER: Nguyen CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5838488 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature