Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 19, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1488-1497

Pregnancy-Related Hypertensive Disorders and Immigrant Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Epidemiological Studies (Review)

Mogos M.F.* , Salinas-Miranda A.A. , Salemi J.L. , Medina I.M. , Salihu H.M.
  • a Department of Women Children and Family Health Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, United States
  • b Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
  • c Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
  • d Familias Unidas International, Inc., Miami, FL, United States
  • e Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

Abstract

Immigrants are often considered a vulnerable population. Paradoxically, some researchers have reported lower risk of pregnancy-related hypertension (PRH) among immigrants when compared to their non-immigrant counterparts. The lack of consistency and the absence of a synthesis of studies investigating the associations between immigration status and PRH represent a gap in our understanding of socioecological roots of PRH. Of studies published in during the study period, 16 met the inclusion criteria. For each study, we computed relative risks that compared PRH risk by migrant status. The pooled estimate of the relative risk of PRH represented a statistically significantly lower risk among immigrants (RR = 0.74; 95 % CI 0.67, 0.82). The body of evidence indicates that immigrant status is generally associated with reduced risk of PRH. However the strength of this association could vary by country of origin of immigrants. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Eclampsia Preeclampsia country of birth Pregnancy-related hypertension Gestational hypertension Meta-analysis Immigration

Index Keywords

statistics and numerical data eclampsia Emigrants and Immigrants female hypertension risk factor Risk Factors pregnancy chronic disease ethnology meta analysis human Humans migrant
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961594147&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-016-0410-6&partnerID=40&md5=667adcd67903695c61c7623d165fcd40
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0410-6
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English