| GDM | gestational diabetes mellitus |
| RCT | randomized controlled trial |
| OGTT | were oral glucose tolerance test |
| RR | risk ratio |
| MD | mean difference |
| CI | confidence interval |
| T2DM | type-2 diabetes mellitus |
| MI | myoinositol |
| DCI | D-chiro-inositol |
| GLUT4 | glucose transporter type 4 |
| PICO | population: intervention, comparator, outcome |
| LGA | large for gestational age |
| IUGR | intrauterine growth restriction |
| SD | standard deviation |
| RoB2 | Risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials |
| GRADE | Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation |
| REML | Restricted maximum likelihood |
| IADPSG | International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups |
| 1 h-OGTT | one-hour glucose tolerance test |
| 2 h-OGTT | two-hour glucose tolerance test |
| NICU | neonatal intensive care unit |