Table 2 Sub group analysis which describes pooled prevalence of LBW among women who had PIH with different study characteristics in Ethiopia: 2005–2020

Region

Amhara

8

39.64 (26,52)

197.34

96.5

< 0.001

AA

4

48.56 (39,57)

17.99

83.3

< 0.001

SNNPR

6

39.74 (22,56)

192.71

97.4

< 0.001

Oromo

4

30.58 (23,37)

13.29

77.4

0.004

Others

2

41.41 (33,48)

2.08

52

0.149

Publication year

Before 2016

9

43.38 (33,52)

125.6

93.6

< 0.001

2016 & above

14

36.95 (28,45)

314.13

95.9

< 0.001

Un-published

1

49 (39,54)

0.0

–

–

Study design

Cross sectional

15

35.44 (27,43)

319.85

95.5

< 0.001

Cohort

5

42.59 (32,52)

40.59

90.1

< 0.001

Case control

4

52.51 (44,60)

11.35

73.6

0.010

Sampling technique

Consecutive

16

37.60 (29,45)

336.15

94.6

< 0.001

Systematic sampling

6

44.29 (33,53)

67.56

92.6

< 0.001

Simple random

2

43.70 (7,80)

50.95

98

< 0.001

Type of hypertension

PIH

16

39.03 (32,45)

434.68

95.4

< 0.001

Eclampsia

3

45 (26,63)

39.06

94.9

< 0.001