Pre-pregnancy care for women with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Pooled estimates effect of pre-pregnancy care

Dichotomous outcomes of pre-pregnancy care	No of studies [reference]	Risk Ratio [95% Confidence interval]
Congenital malformation	13 [7, 8, 14, 17–19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31, 33]	0.25 [0.16-0.37]
PM	6 [7, 8, 14, 18, 21, 31]	0.34 [0.15-0.75]
Maternal hypoglycemia	2 [7, 26]	1.51 [1.15,1.99]
Continuous outcomes	Number of studies references	Means difference (95% CI)
The difference in the level of glycosylated Hemoglobin A1c	5 [7, 19, 24, 26, 33]	−2.43 [−2.27 to −2.58]

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