Ending Eclampsia, 2018 This graphic shares the risk factors and longterm complications of HDPs, including PE/E, for women and their babies. It also includes data from Ending Eclampsia’s five project countries – Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Pakistan, and Nigeria – on…
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Nutrition and pre-eclampsia risk factors in Ethiopia
By Khadijah Alibhai In Ethiopia, 412 women die per 100,000 live births. Most of these deaths are preventable, and 19 percent of them are from hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including pre-eclampsia and eclampsia (PE/E). Typically, pre-eclampsia is detectable during early…
Diabetes and pre-eclampsia affecting pregnancy: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Journal of Investigative Medicine, 2017 Results showed that regardless of diabetes status, patients with pre-eclampsia delivered prematurely. Patients in the group with pre-eclampsia and pregestational diabetes delivered much earlier, when compared with the patients that had pre-eclampsia with gestational diabetes…
Risk factors for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Mexico
Ending Eclampsia, 2018 This infographic provides data on risk factors, policies, health system capacity and community perceptions in Mexico-specific data on demographics, health risks, barriers to accessing care, pregnancy-related care, maternal death data, newborn/infant death data, national/provincial policies, and delivery…
Maternal Health Efforts Can Prevent Non-communicable Diseases
By Amy Dempsey and Saumya RamRao In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), economic advancement is linked to a health transition that shifts from infectious diseases to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Most NCDs are from lifestyle choices and behaviors that lead to…
All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality After Hypertensive Disease of Pregnancy
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2016 Findings revealed that women who experienced hypertension during pregnancy have an increased mortality risk, particularly for Alzheimer disease, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and stroke. Download the paper.
Preeclampsia and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Dessie referral hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: a hospital-based study
BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2015 The prevalence of preeclampsia in this hospital was lower than other studies. Having personal or family history of hypertension, older age, and family history of diabetes mellitus were factors associated with preeclampsia. Encouraging pregnant women to attend…
Serum Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4 (FABP4) Predicts Pre-Eclampsia in Women With Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes Care, 2016 For each doubling of serum fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) levels, the risk of pre-eclampsia increased by 40 percent and 60 percent at 14 and 26 weeks, respectively.
Pre-eclampsia is associated with a two-fold increase in diabetes: a systematic review and meta analysis
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 studies, including more than 2.8 million women, suggests that there is an association of pre-eclampsia with future incident diabetes. The risk of diabetes in women who had experienced preeclampsia was approximately double that of women without a history…
Preconceptional and maternal obesity: epidemiology and health consequences
The Lancet, 2016 The review examines the health of the fetus and newborn baby and at the heightened risk for longer-term maternal morbidity, and provides recommendations for preventing adverse health consequences of preconceptional and maternal obesity.
