Excessive gestational weight gain in accordance with the IOM criteria and the risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Min Ren (Author), Hanying Li (Author), Wei Cai (Author), Xiulong Niu (Author), Wenjie Ji (Author), Zhuoli Zhang (Author), Jianmin Niu (Author), Xin Zhou (Author), Yuming Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is a potential risk factor for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). Methods We systematically reviewed three electronic databases for relevant articles published in English: PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scal...