MBBS Enrichment Year 2018-19

Obesity during Pregnancy and Congenital Abnormalities of the Kidney and Urinary Tract London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Basic Epidemiology  To learn about epidemiologic methods in terms of different study designs, and different problems that arise when choosing a particular design Analysis and Design of Research Studies  To understand how measures of effect are calculated, what 95% confidence intervals are, learn Stata, learn how to do meta- analysis, in order to do the data extraction Epidemiology of Non- communicable Diseases  To get an overview of the ongoing work in this area and how my study fits into this research area Courses Systematic Review Inclusion Criteria I. Be published in peer-reviewed journals II. Be human studies III. Refer to obesity, with a defined measure, as a risk factor IV. Indicate congenital abnormalities as an outcome V. Have a direct control group, comparing the incidence of CAKUT in obese and non-obese group VI. Be published in English Articles that were not published in peer-reviewed journals were not considered. Information Sources  MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, Cochrane Library, Scopus and Web of Science Study Selection Conclusion  There is a small but clear association between maternal obesity and the risk of CAKUT  A dose-response relationship was observed, that a higher BMI increases the risk of CAKUT Au Lai Ho Howard 10