Hypertension subtypes and adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes - a retrospective population-based cohort study.

Background: This study aims to examine risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and mothers' characteristics in patients with chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension and preeclampsia.

Methods: The study included all births born from women aged 15-45 years, in Lleida, Spain from 2012 to 2018. Pregnancy outcomes were retrieved by regional administrative databases.

Obesity in Pregnancy as a Risk Factor in Maternal and Child Health-A Retrospective Cohort Study.

The prevalence of overweight and obesity has risen dramatically in the last few years. This has led to an increase in both conditions in pregnant women. Obesity and overweight are associated with complications for both the mother and the newborn.

Prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of hypothyroidism among pregnant women in the health region of Lleida: A cohort study.

Background: Primary maternal hypothyroidism is defined as the increase of TSH levels in serum during pregnancy. Hypothyroidism in pregnancy is the second most common endocrine disease, after diabetes mellitus, with a prevalence ranging between 3.2 and 5.

Ethnic Disparities and Obesity Risk Factors in Pregnant Women: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.

(1) Background: This article focuses on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in pregnancy in different ethnic groups and assesses the existence of associated comorbidities. (2) Materials and Methods: A retrospective observational cohort study of 16803 pregnant women was carried out between 2012 and 2018 in the health region of Lleida (72% of the total). The relationship between overweight and obesity and different variables was analyzed by calculating the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals with multivariate logistic regression models.

[Observational study on drug spending in the immigrant and the indigenous population in the Lleida (Catalonia) health region].

Objective: To evaluate whether there are differences in drug spending between immigrant and Spanish-born populations and to assess whether drug consumption is associated with living environment (urban/rural).

Design: Observational cross-sectional study.

Setting: Lleida Health Region (LHR).

Sick leave among native and immigrant workers in Spain--a 6-month follow-up study.

Objectives: The incidence and the duration of sick leave were studied among immigrants and the native-born population in Spain.

Methods: This observational follow-up study included 1427 immigrants and 2793 Spanish natives treated at five primary care centers in Lleida in 2005 and followed for 6 months. The sick leave causes were coded according to the International Classification of Diseases (10th revision).

Emergency hospital services utilization in Lleida (Spain): A cross-sectional study of immigrant and Spanish-born populations.

Background: The use of emergency hospital services (EHS) has increased steadily in Spain in the last decade while the number of immigrants has increased dramatically. Studies show that immigrants use EHS differently than native-born individuals, and this work investigates demographics, diagnoses and utilization rates of EHS in Lleida (Spain).

Methods: Cross-sectional study of all the 96,916 EHS visits by patients 15 to 64 years old, attended during the years 2004 and 2005 in a public teaching hospital.

Differences in pharmaceutical consumption and expenses between immigrant and Spanish-born populations in Lleida, (Spain): a 6-months prospective observational study.

Background: There are few studies comparing pharmaceutical costs and the use of medications between immigrants and the autochthonous population in Spain. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether there are differences in pharmaceutical consumption and expenses between immigrant and Spanish-born populations.

Methods: Prospective observational study in 1,630 immigrants and 4,154 Spanish-born individuals visited by fifteen primary care physicians at five public Primary Care Clinics (PCC) during 2005 in the city of Lleida, Catalonia (Spain).