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. 2018 Nov 15;16:208. doi: 10.1186/s12916-018-1192-6

Table 2.

Study offspring outcomes

Author, year Mean birth weight (Sd.) in grams Mean Apgar score (Sd.) Mean gestational age (Sd.) in weeks
Bastani, 2006 [53] IG, 3168 (420)
CG, 2883 (640)
n/a IG, 38 (5.9)
CG, 38 (4.4)
Cappon, 2015 [54] IG, 3366 (523)
CG, 3344 (773)
n/a n/a
Chambers, 2009 [55] IG, 3232 (695)
CG, 3562 (529)
IG, Apgar 1 min: 7.8 (1.3)
CG, Apgar 1 min: 8 (1.1)
IG, Apgar 5 min: 8.5 (0.7)
CG, Apgar 5 min: 9.1 (0.3)
IG, 38.4 (2.5)
CG, 39.5 (1.4)
Fenwick, 2015 [56] n/a n/a IG, 39.2 (1.6)
CG, 39.1 (2.0)
Field, 2009 [45] IG, 3318 (360)
CG, 3226 (492)
n/a IG, 39 (1.2)
CG, 38.7 (1.6)
Karamoozian, 2015 [51] n/a IG, Apgar 1 min: 8.9 (0.3)
CG, Apgar 1 min: 8.1 (0.8)
IG, Apgar 5 min: 9.7 (0.5)
CG, Apgar 5 min: 9.3 (0.7)
n/a
Milgrom, 2015 [50] IG, 3626 (786)
CG, 3575 (595)
n/a IG, 40 (1)
CG, 40 (2)
Netsi, 2015 [47] IG, 3423 (503)
CG, 3180 (871)
n/a n/a
Rothberg, 1991 [59] IG, 3214 (649)
CG, 3113 (690)
n/a IG, 38.7 (3)
CG, 38.3 (2.7)
Rouhe, 2013 [57] IG, 3532 (550)
CG, 3486 (518)
IG, Apgar 1 min: 8.7 (1.1)
CG, Apgar 1 min: 8.5 (1.4)
IG, Apgar 5 min: 9.3 (1.0)
CG, Apgar 5 min: 9.1 (1.2)
IG, Apgar 10 min: 9.7 (0.8)
CG, Apgar 10 min: 9.5 (0.9)
IG, 39.7 (1.5)
CG, 39.6 (1.6)
Verbeek, 2016; Verbeek, 2016b [52] IG, 3419 (651)
CG, 3474 (561)
IG, Apgar 1 min: 8.6 (n/a)
CG, Apgar 1 min: 8.6 (n/a)
IG, Apgar 5 min: 9.5 (n/a)
CG, Apgar 5 min: 9.5 (n/a)
IG, Apgar 10 min: 9.8 (n/a)
CG, Apgar 10 min: 9.8 (n/a)
IG, 38.9 (2.3)
CG, 39.2 (1.8)
Vilhena, 2017 [60] IG, 3390 (440)
CG, 3270 (560)
n/a IG, 39.4 (1.2)
CG, 38.9 (1.9)
Zhao, 2017 [49] IG, 3256 (522)
CG, 3349 (529)
n/a n/a
Combined range per offspring outcome Lowest value, 2883
Highest value, 3626
Lowest value, 7.8
Highest value, 9.8
Lowest value, 38
Highest value, 40

IG intervention group, CG control group