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Table 3 Baseline features of the participants

Studies	Mean age (years)	BMI (kg/m²)	Gestational age (weeks)	SBP (mmHg)	DBP (mmHg)
Studies	Exp/Cntl	Exp/Cntl	Exp/Cntl	Exp/Cntl	Exp/Cntl
Elsharkawy 2018 [12]	27.3/27.1	29.4/28.3	38.0/37.8	153.7/155.0	98.0/99.3
Faiz 2013 [13]	26.2/27.2	27.6/27.9	-	-	-
Jabalameli 2012 [14]	27.0/26.7	-	39.0/39.0	116.3/117.0	-
Malleeswaran 2010 [15]	26.0/27.0	26.1/25.8	36.0/36.0	-	-
Paleti 2018 [16]	23.0/26.0	27.9/28.8	-	-	-
Sachidananda 2018 [17]	25.6/24.5	24.0/25.1	-	-	-
Sun 2012 [18]	29.0/29.5	25.5/25.1	38.4/38.4	-	-
Unlugenc 2009 [19]	-	29.3/29.1	36.9/37.3	-	-
Xiao 2017 [20]	25.0/26.0	27.4/27.4	39.0/39.0	-	-
Yousef 2010 [21]	34.5/35.0	28.7/25.6	-	-	-
Zhong 2018 [22]	27.8/29.2	29.7/29.2	36.5/37.1	-	-

Table 3 lists the baseline characteristics of the participants in the experimental as well as the control groups. Data concerning the mean age, the body mass index, the gestational age, the systolic blood pressure as well as the diastolic blood pressure have been listed
Abbreviations Exp: Experiment group; Cntl: Control group; BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; Kg/m²: Kilogram per meter square

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