tailieunhanh - Seasonal variation in the incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia in tropical climatic conditions

Despite worldwide evidence of the low levels of female participation in social, educational, economic and political spheres, there is still a tendency to see it as a real problem only in a limited number of countries. Yet, as noted above, the reality is that no country in the world, no matter how advanced, has achieved true gender equality, as measured by comparable decision- making power, equal opportunity for education and advancement, and equal participation and status in all walks of human endeavour. Gender disparities exist, even in countries without glaring male-domination, and measuring these disparities is a necessary step towards implementing corrective policies. Yet measurement is challenging and country performance difficult to assess using. | BMC Women s Health BioMed Central Research article Open Access Seasonal variation in the incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia in tropical climatic conditions Vidya Subramaniam Address Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Bassetlaw Hospital Blyth Road Worksop Nottinghamshire UK Email Vidya Subramaniam - vidyasubramaniam@ Published 15 October 2007 Received 2 March 2007 BMC Women s Health 2007 7 18 doi 1472-6874-7-18 Accepted 15 October 2007 This article is available from http 1472-6874 7 18 2007 Subramaniam licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Observational studies have demonstrated various correlations between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and different weather parameters. We aim to study if a correlation exists between the incidence of eclampsia and pre-eclampsia and various weather parameters in the tropical coastal city of Mumbai which has the distinction of having relatively uniform meteorological variables all throughout the year except for the monsoon season. Methods We retrospectively analysed data from a large maternity centre in Mumbai India over a period of 36 months from March 1993 to February 1996 recording the incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia. Meteorological data was acquired from the regional meteorological centre recording the monthly average temperature humidity barometric pressure and rainfall during the study period. Study period was then divided into two climate conditions monsoon season June to August and dry season September to May. The incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia and the meteorological differences between the two seasons were compared. Results Over a 36-month period a total of 29562 deliveries were .