Study Results from Korea University Broaden Understanding of Preeclampsia (Effect of relative humidity on preeclampsia)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Research findings on Pregnancy Complications - Preeclampsia are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting out of Seoul, South Korea, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "Purpose of investigation: The authors aimed to determine the relationship between meteorological variables and hypertension in pregnancy by using data from a national weather database. For this population-based observational study, the database of the Korea National Health Insurance (KNHI) Claims of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) and Korea Meteorological Administration was used."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Korea University, "The 48,275 women with preeclampsia among 2,495,383 women who gave birth were included. Monthly meteorological factors and preeclampsia prevalence for five years were statistically analyzed. Among temperature, relative humidity, sunlight duration, and rainfall, only relative humidity had a significant inverse correlation with the preeclampsia prevalence (p < 0.001). The other meteorological factors were not associated with preeclampsia. Relative humidity may be a significant factor for of the development of preeclampsia."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Further monitoring of weather parameters during the entire pregnancy period may be the best method for verifying the present results in the development of preeclampsia."

For more information on this research see: Effect of relative humidity on preeclampsia. Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2017;44(2):264-267. Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology can be contacted at: I R O G Canada, Inc, 4900 Cote St-Luc, Apt#212, Montreal, Quebec H3W 2H3, Canada.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M.J. Oh, Korea University, Coll Med, Dept. of Obstet & Gynecol, Seoul, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include K.H. Ahn, L.Y. Kim, S.Y. Hwang, S.C. Hong, M.J. Oh and H.J. Kim.

Keywords for this news article include: Seoul, South Korea, Asia, Pregnancy Complications, Health Insurance, Women's Health, Preeclampsia, Obstetrics, Korea University.

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