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Table 3 Studies with a prevalence of absent or reversed end diastolic flow greater than zero

From: Prevalence of abnormal umbilical arterial flow on Doppler ultrasound in low-risk and unselected pregnant women: a systematic review

Study

Design

Study population

AEDF prevalence

Low risk women

 Souka 2012 [36]

Cross-sectional study

2189 low-risk women in Greece

1/1289 (0.05%)

 Mason 1993 [32]

RCT

863 low-risk, nulliparous women in the UK (Doppler arm only)

2/863 (0.23%)

Unselected risk women

 Davies 1992 [31]

RCT

1246 unselected-risk women in the UK (Doppler arm only)

1/1246 (0.08%)

 Beattie 1989 [34]

Cohort

2097 unselected-risk women in USA

6/2097 (0.29%)

 Nkosi 2019 [37]

Cohort

2868 unselected-risk women in South Africa

38/2868 (1.32%)

 Yoon 1993 [38]

Cohort

328 unselected women in South Korea

7/328 (2.13%)a

  1. Results of all included studies are in Additional file 3: Appendix S3
  2. aDefined as AEDF or REDF