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. 2024 Apr 25;19(1):39. doi: 10.5334/gh.1318

Table 1.

Demographic and obstetric data.


STUDY ID COUNTRY DESIGN SETTING SAMPLE SIZE AGE (YEARS) (MEAN ± SD) HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION HYPERTENSION, n (%) DIABETES, n (%) HIV n (%) KNOWN CARDIAC DISEASE n (%) GESTATIONAL AGE AT FIRST VISIT, WEEKS (MEAN SD) PRIMIGRAVIDA, n (%)

Studies using Handheld or Portable Echocardiography

Otto 2011 Eritrea Prospective cross sectional 4 clinics in single city 348 26.9 (±6) NA 0 NA NA 0 30.9 ± 6.7 NA

Beaton 2019 Uganda 24-month prospective longitudinal investigation 2 health centres,
1 regional referral hospital
3506 24.09 (N/A) University Degree: 87 (2.5%) 6 (1.7%) NA 141 (4.0%) 2 (0.06%) 24 (median) 359 (10.2%)

Nascimento 2021 Brazil 13-month prospective longitudinal investigation 22 primary care centres 1112 27 ± 8 years NA 50 (4.5%) 27 (2.4%) NA 9 (0.8%) 22 ± 9 NA

Snelgrove 2021 Kenya Cross sectional study Antenatal clinic at tertiary maternity centre 601 26.6 years (SD 5.7) University degree: 82 (13.6%) 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.2%) 45 (7.5%) 27 (4.5%) 25.3 ± 9.5 NA

AlSharqi 2022 India cross sectional study 10 hospitals across three states-India 301 25.4 (18–42) University degree: 31 (10.6%) NA NA NA 17 (5.6%) NA 183 (60.8%)

Screening using Standard Echocardiography or unspecified echocardiographer

Selvarani 2014 India 6 months Cross sectional study Antenatal clinic at a tertiary maternity centre 1125 23.41 NA NA NA NA NA NA. 55.73%

Bacha 2019 Ethopia Cross Sectional Study Antenatal clinic at tertiary maternity centre 398 27.0 (±4.6) College/University
49 (12.31%)
8 (2%) 7 (1.8%) NA NA NA NA

Gomathi 2019 India 4-month cross-sectional study Cardiology department at tertiary center 300 NA NA NA NA NA 0 NA 186 (62%)

Bozkaya 2020 Turkey 12-month cross-sectional study Tertiary delivery center 900 27.4 (±5.8) NA 0 0 0 0 NA/first trimester NA

Patel 2021 India 36 month long cross sectional study Antenatal care at two large hospitals 14275 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA