Table 2 Summary of incidence of maternal complications in AFLP, unadjusted results.

From: Effect of caesarean section on maternal and foetal outcomes in acute fatty liver of pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Complications

Total N

Total N

Pooled unadjusted *

I2 (%)

P #

studies

participants

incidence (95% CI)

Liver failure

22

309

0.42 (0.26–0.58)

94.40

0.00

 Hypoglycemia

28

449

0.57 (0.44–0.70)

94.30

0.00

 Ascites

15

205

0.45 (0.26–0.64)

91.80

0.00

 DIC

42

686

0.39 (0.30–0.49)

88.90

0.00

 Encephalopathy

46

730

0.37 (0.30–0.44)

78.40

0.00

Renal insufficiency

27

503

0.66 (0.56–0.77)

93.80

0.00

Pancreatitis

14

279

0.11 (0.05–0.17)

63.20

0.00

MODS

36

642

0.67 (0.56–0.78)

95.30

0.00

Apparent infection

23

335

0.29 (0.21–0.38)

74.60

0.00

  1. Bolding indicates statistically significant results. *Random effect model; #The Q test was employed to evaluate the heterogeneity.