Yinghui Zhang: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – original draft
Jie Zhou: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Yubo Ma: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review &
editing
Li Liu: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review &
editing
Qing Xia: Role: Writing – review & editing
Dazhi Fan:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2773-9166
Role: ConceptualizationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Wen Ai: Role: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Abraham Salinas-Miranda: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
14
March
2019
Publication date Collection: 2019
Volume: 14
Issue: 3
Electronic Location Identifier: e0213784
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Foshan Chancheng Central Hospital, Foshan,
Guangdong, China
[2
]
Department of Pediatrics, Foshan Chancheng Central Hospital, Foshan, Guangdong, China
[3
]
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical
University, Hefei, Anhui, China
[4
]
Department of Library, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
[5
]
Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania Australia
[6
]
Foshan Institute of Fetal Medicine, Southern Medical University Affiliated Maternal
& Child Health Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China
University of South Florida, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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PONE-D-18-25097
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213784
PMC ID: 6417656
PubMed ID: 30870524
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Subject:
Research Article
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Women's Health
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Maternal Health
Subject:
Birth
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Preterm Birth
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Women's Health
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Birth
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Preterm Birth
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Women's Health
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Maternal Health
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications
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Preterm Birth
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Women's Health
Subject:
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject:
Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications
Subject:
Preterm Birth
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Women's Health
Subject:
Maternal Health
Subject:
Birth
Subject:
Labor and Delivery
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Women's Health
Subject:
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject:
Birth
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Labor and Delivery
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures
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Obstetric Procedures
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Cesarean Section
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Women's Health
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Maternal Health
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Pregnancy
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Women's Health
Subject:
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Pregnancy
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Mathematical and Statistical Techniques
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Statistical Methods
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Metaanalysis
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Physical Sciences
Subject:
Mathematics
Subject:
Statistics
Subject:
Statistical Methods
Subject:
Metaanalysis
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Research Assessment
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Systematic Reviews
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Vascular Medicine
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Blood Pressure
Subject:
Hypertension
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Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Women's Health
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Maternal Health
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Pregnancy
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Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Women's Health
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Pregnancy
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Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
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