Rev Panam Salud Publica 2022 2;46:e21. Epub 2022 May 2.
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad de Talca Talca Chile Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.
Objective: To estimate the point prevalence and likely ranges of pregnancy-induced hypertension, pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, low birth weight and preterm delivery in Latin America and the Caribbean, and evaluate the heterogeneity of the estimates.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies reporting the prevalence of maternal and perinatal adverse outcomes in populations in Latin American and the Caribbean published between 2000 and 2019 in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. We searched PubMed, Embase, and LILACS. Read More