IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 50 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5003066
Open Access Systematic Review
The Relationship between Serum Calcium Level and Risk Factor of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis
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1 School of Medicine, Taizhou University, 318000 Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
*Correspondence: lcpyxy@tzc.edu.cn (Cui-Ping Li)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2023, 50(3), 66; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5003066
Submitted: 30 November 2022 | Revised: 6 January 2023 | Accepted: 29 January 2023 | Published: 15 March 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue High Risk Pregnancy and Future Approaches)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: The relationship between serum calcium levels and pregnancy-induced hypertension is controversial. This work aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum calcium levels and the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension. Methods: The following database: Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure and PubMed, were searched to identify articles on the relationship between serum calcium levels and pregnancy-induced hypertension. The meta-analysis was conducted by using Review Manager (RevMan) [Computer program]. Results: A total of twenty one articles included in the present study. The meta-analysis revealed that patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) had lower calcium levels (standardized weighted mean difference (SMD) = –0.68; 95% (–0.79, –0.56); p < 0.05). Conclusions: Our study suggests that serum calcium levels may be associated with the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension.

Keywords
calcium
hypertension
case-control study
meta-analysis
Funding
105/2022 Taizhou University Higher Education Teaching Reform Project
114/2022 Taizhou University Higher Education Teaching Reform Project
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