International Journal of Women's Health and Reproduction Sciences

Home Aim and Scope Instructions to Authors Editorial Policies Editorial Board Authorship Agreement Form Open Access and Copyright

Jan 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1

CURRENT ISSUE ARCHIVE AHEAD OF PRINT / ACCEPTED ARTICLE MOST VIEWED ARTICLES NEWS RELATED LINKS

Advanced Search

For Author's & Reviewer's

Committee on Publication
Ethics (COPE) Flowchart

Recommendations for the Conduct

COPE: Reviewers

World Association of Medical Editors(WAME)

EQUATOR Resources : Reviewers

Poll

How do you find the scientific quality of the published articles on our web site?

Very good

Good

Fair

Bad

Very bad

Review
Global Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Study
Milad Azami¹, Marzieh Parizad Nasirkandy², Akram Mansouri ³, Zahra Darvishi⁴, Shoboo Rahmati¹, Ghobad Abangah⁵, Hamid Reza Dehghan⁶, Milad Borji¹, Shamsi Abbasalizadeh²
¹Student Research Committee, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran ²Women?s Reproductive Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran ³ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Science, Ahvaz, Iran ⁴Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran ⁶Health Technology Assessment Department, Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
IJWHR 2017; 5: 30-36 Viewed : 6444 times Downloaded : 5074 times. Keywords : Prevalence, Helicobacter pylori, Pregnant women, Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis
Full Text(PDF) \| Related Articles
Abstract

Objectives: Pregnant women are among the most vulnerable groups for Helicobacter pylori infection. The infection may cause nausea, vomiting, anemia, fetal growth restriction, fetal anomalies and low birth weight of infants. H. pylori prevalence during pregnancy is vary widely between different geographical regions and given the importance of this infection in pregnancy, systematic review and meta-analysis has been done. Materials and Methods: The current study has been conducted based on PRISMA guideline. The time interval of the investigated studies was from the beginning of 2000 until March 2016. In order to achieve the related literature, databases sources such as Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane, Embase, Springer, Wiley online library, as well as Google Scholar search engine was used. The search was done using Mesh keywords. Furthermore, all the articles that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated. The data has been analyzed using the random-effects models for meta-analysis and the Stata 11.1. Results: In 24 studies, a total of 19426 pregnant women had been investigated. The worldwide prevalence of H. pylori infection in pregnant women was calculated to be 46% (95% CI: 38-54). The lowest prevalence of H. pylori infection was seen in Europe, 25% (95% CI: 9-40) and the highest prevalence in South America 62% (95% CI: 53-71). Conclusion: This meta-analysis shows that about half of the pregnant women worldwide are infected with H. pylori and the prevalence of this infection in South America and Africa is far more than other continents.