Table 1 Baseline characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis
Number | First author | Year | Journal | Country | N subjects | CIMT (mm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PE | C | PE | C | |||||
1. | Gokhan Goynumer [9] | 2012 | Journal of Clinical Ultrasound | Turkey | 34 | 42 | 0.66 ± 0.07 | 0.62 ± 0.06 |
2. | L.-J. Yuan [21] | 2013 | Ultrasound Obstetric Gynecology | China | 22 | 28 | 0.459 ± 0.095 | 0.351 ± 0.085 |
3. | Miriam Kristine Sandvik [18] | 2013 | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | Norway | 89 | 69 | 0.49 ± 0.07 | 0.50 ± 0.06 |
4. | Sarah D. Mcdonald [15] | 2013 | Journal of Atherosclerosis | Canada | 100 | 219 | 0.649 ± 0.120 | 0.646 ± 0.111 |
5. | Judith Blaauw [3] | 2014 | ACTA Obstetricia et Gynecologica | Netherlands | 17 | 16 | 0.61 ± 0.08 | 0.59 ± 0.06 |
6. | Tansim Akhter [1] | 2014 | Ultrasound Obstetric Gynecology | Sweden | 42 | 44 | 0.63 ± 0.12 | 0.61 ± 0.12 |
7. | Ciftci Faika Ceylan [6] | 2014 | Journal of the American Society of the Hypertension | Turkey | 46 | 38 | 0.58 ± 0.14 | 0.50 ± 0.10 |
8. | Fatma Aykas [2] | 2015 | Journal of Investigative Medicine | Turkey | 25 | 20 | 0.64 ± 0.12 | 0.52 ± 0.08 |
9. | Jasna Čerkez Habek [10] | 2018 | Medica Jadertina | Croatia | 55 | 50 | 0.419 ± 0.29 | 0.412 ± 0.43 |