Pregnancy outcomes in women with active anorexia nervosa: a systematic review

Table 2 Maternal outcomes women with active AN during pregnancies are more likely to occur in comparison to women without a history of AN—sorted by categories: medical, surgical, obstetric, psychiatric, and others

Categories	Maternal outcomes	Odds ratios (95% CI)
Medical	Anaemia [23,24,25]	2.1 (1.3–3.2) [23]
	Anaemia [23,24,25]	2.39 (1.20–4.76) [24]
	Thrombocytopenia [25]	–
	Leukopenia [25]	–
	Electrolyte imbalances [30, 34]	–
	Metabolic Alkalosis [30]	–
	Acute liver failure [28]	1.90 (1.12–3.21) [28]
	Hypoproteinemia [34, 35]	–
	Hyperemesis [23, 33]	4.9 (3.5–6.9) [23]
	Central Diabetes Insipidus [36]	–
	Refeeding syndrome [34]	–
Surgical	Femoral fractures secondary to osteoporosis [26, 27]	–
Obstetric	Caesarean section [7, 26, 27]	–
	Precipitous labour [28]	1.43 (1.12–1.82) [28]
	Premature contractions [24]	2.31 (1.05–5.11) [24]
	Symphysis pubis dysfunction [33]	–
	Severe and early Braxton Hicks [33]	–
	Poor weight gain [37]	–
Psychiatric	Recreational substance use [28, 29]	–
Psychiatric	Worsening anorexia nervosa during perinatal period [29,30,31,32]	–
Others	Intensive care unit admission [28]	1.86 (1.06–3.28) [28]
	Poor Lactation [31]	–
	Child neglect [31]	–

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