@article{Motedayen_Rafiei_Rezaei Tavirani_Sayehmiri_Dousti_2019, title={The relationship between body mass index and preeclampsia: A systematic review and meta-analysis}, volume={17}, url={https://knepublishing.com/index.php/ijrm/article/view/4857}, DOI={10.18502/ijrm.v17i7.4857}, abstractNote={<p class="p1"><strong>Background:</strong> One of the causes of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity is pregnancy-induced hypertension, the most common form of which is preeclampsia that causes many complications for mother and fetus.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Objective:</strong> The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and preeclampsia in Iran.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> Using valid keywords in the SID database, PubMed, Scopus, data obtained from all the articles, which were reviewed in Iran between 2000 and 2016, were combined using the meta-analysis method (random-effects model) and analyzed using STATA version 11.1.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Results:</strong> A total number of 5,946 samples were enrolled in 16 studies with the mean BMI values of 25.13, 27.42, and 26.33 kg /m<span class="s1">2 </span>in the healthy, mild, and severe preeclamptic groups, respectively.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results of this study revealed that there is a significant relationship between BMI and the risk of preeclampsia, so it can be said that BMI may be one of the ways to diagnose preeclampsia.</p&gt;}, number={7}, journal={International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine (IJRM)}, author={Motedayen, Morteza and Rafiei, Mohammad and Rezaei Tavirani, Mostafa and Sayehmiri, Kourosh and Dousti, Majid}, year={2019}, month={Jul.}, pages={463–472} }