Is ethnicity a risk factor for developing preeclampsia? An analysis of the prevalence of preeclampsia in China

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 694-698

  Xiao, J ^a   Shen, F ^b   Xue, Q ^c   Chen, G ^c   Zeng, K ^a   Stone, P ^d   Zhao, M ^a   Chen, Q ^a,d  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Yulin First Hospital Yanan Medical University   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BMI; China; Chinese ethnicity; prevalence of preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COHABITATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; PARITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPOUSE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926187609     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2013.148     Document Type: Article

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