The incidence of pregnancy hypertension in India, Pakistan, Mozambique, and Nigeria: A prospective population-level analysis
The incidence of pregnancy hypertension in India, Pakistan, Mozambique, and Nigeria: A prospective population-level analysis
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pmed.1002783
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发表时间:
2019-04-01
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影响因子:
15.8
通讯作者:
von Dadelszen, Peter
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作者:
Magee, Laura A.;Sharma, Sumedha;von Dadelszen, Peter
Background Most pregnancy hypertension estimates in less-developed countries are from cross-sectional hospital surveys and are considered overestimates. We estimated population-based rates by standardised methods in 27 intervention clusters of the Community-Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia (CLIP) cluster randomised trials.Methods and findings CLIP-eligible pregnant women identified in their homes or local primary health centres (2013-2017). Included here are women who had delivered by trial end and received a visit from a community health worker trained to provide supplementary hypertension-oriented care, including standardised blood pressure (BP) measurement. Hypertension (BP 140/90 mm Hg) was defined as chronic (first detected at