Figure 1.
Flow chart of study selection for inclusion in the systematic review.
1After removal of duplicates 2Articles may have been excluded for multiple reasons.
Table 1.
Summary of studies of HIV and obstetric complications which included births by vaginal delivery.
Table 2.
Summary of studies of HIV and obstetric complications which only looked at births by caesarean section.
Table 3.
Risk of bias within studies which include vaginal deliveries.
Table 4.
Risk of bias within caesarean section studies.
Figure 2.
Forest plot showing the strength of association between HIV and obstetric haemorrhage in studies with vaginal deliveries only or included both vaginal deliveries and c-section deliveries.
Figure 3.
Forest plot showing the strength of association between HIV and hypertensive diseases of pregnancy.
*Adjusted odds ratio.
Figure 4.
Forest plot showing the strength of association between HIV and dystocia.
*Adjusted odds ratio.
Figure 5.
Forest plot showing the strength of association between HIV and intrauterine infection.
Figure 6.
Forest plot showing the strength of association between HIV and intrauterine infection in studies which only looked at caesarean deliveries.
*Adjusted odds ratio.
Figure 7.
Forest plot showing the strength of association between HIV and caesarean section in studies included in this systematic review.