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. 2018 Aug 14;2018(8):CD012327. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012327.pub2

3. Pre‐specified overview outcomes in included reviews.

Included review Biesty 2018 Brown 2017a Brown 2017b Brown 2017c Brown 2017d Brown 2016a Han 2017 Han 2012 Martis 2016a Raman 2017
Maternal
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (including preeclampsia, pregnancy‐induced hypertension, eclampsia as defined in reviews) X
secondary outcome and pre‐eclampsia only
in this review
Mode of birth (caesarean section)
called 'caesarean section' in the review

called 'caesarean section' in the review

includes also normal vaginal birth and operative vaginal birth

secondary outcome called 'caesarean section' in the review
Development of
type 2 diabetes
X X
Induction of labour X
Perineal trauma/tearing
(called 'intact perineum)' in review
Postnatal depression X
Postnatal weight retention or return to pre‐pregnancy weight X
Development of type 2 diabetes X X X X
Neonatal/child/adult
Perinatal (fetal and neonatal death) and later infant mortality
does not include later infant mortality

called 'perinatal mortality (stillbirth and neonatal mortality)' in review; does not include later infant mortality

does not include later infant mortality

does not include later infant mortality

later infant mortality not stated
Large‐for‐gestational age (as defined in reviews)
Death or serious morbidity composite (as defined in reviews, e.g. perinatal or infant death, shoulder dystocia, bone fracture or nerve palsy) X X
Neurosensory disability in later childhood (as defined in reviews) x
called 'neurosensory disability' in this review
X
Adiposity neonate (including skinfold thickness measurements (mm), fat mass); Adiposity child (including BMI, skinfold thickness, fat mass); Adiposity ‐ adult (including BMI, skinfold thickness, fat mass) X
three separate outcomes: BMI, fat mass/fat‐free mass, skinfold thickness measurements
Neonatal hypoglycaemia (as defined in the reviews)
Diabetes (type 2) child, adult X
Health service use
Number of antenatal visits or admissions X
visits only, not admissions
Length of stay in neonatal intensive care unit or special care baby unit X
called 'duration'
X X X X
Length of postnatal stay (maternal) X
called 'duration of maternal and neonatal hospital stay(antenatal, neonatal, postnatal)'
Length of postnatal stay (baby)
called 'duration of maternal and neonatal hospital stay(antenatal, neonatal, postnatal)'
Costs associated with the treatment X
called 'costs associated with the intervention'

called 'costs associated with the intervention'

called 'costs associated with the intervention'

only 'costs for blood glucose monitoring during pregnancy'

= pre‐specified overview review outcome included in the Cochrane systematic review

X = pre‐specified overview review outcome NOT included in the Cochrane systematic review