Maternal lipid profile and risk of pre-eclampsia in African pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Some studies have reported the association between maternal serum lipid profile abnormalities and pre-eclampsia. However, many studies have reported controversial results. Hence, this systematic review and meta-analysis was planned to generate summarized evidence on the association between maternal serum lipid profiles and pre-eclampsia in African women.

Methods

Four electronic databases such as; PubMed, Hinari, Google Scholar, and African Journals Online were searched for studies published in English. Joanna Briggs Institute Meta-Analysis of Statistics Assessment and Review Instrument and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale were used for data extraction and quality assessment of the included studies. The meta- regression analysis was performed by Stata 14 software. The stan

SUBMITTER: Tesfa E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7757810 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature