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. 2019 Oct 25;8(11):511. doi: 10.3390/antiox8110511

Table 2.

Association between intervention with vitamin D and GDM outcomes in meta-analyses of RCTs.

References No. Studies No. Participant Outcomes I2
Pérez-Lòpez, et al. 2015 [85] 13 2299 Circulating 25-OHD: (MD 66.46, CI 95% 66.22 to 66.71) 100.0%
Preeclampsia: (RR 0.88, CI 95% 0.51 to 1.52) 24.0%
Gestational diabetes: (RR 1.05, CI 95% 0.60 to 1.84) 0.0%
Small for gestational age: (RR 0.78, CI 95% 0.50 to 1.21) 15%
Low birth weight: (RR 0.72, CI 95% 0.44 to 1.16) 0.0%
Preterm birth: (RR 1.26, CI 95% 0.60 to 2.63) 0.0%
Birth weight: (MD 107.60, CI 95% 59.86 to 155.33) 0.0%
Birth length: (MD 0.30, CI 95% 0.19 to 0.41) 84.0%
Cesarean section: (RR 0.94, CI 95% 0.78 to 1.13) 0.0%
Palacios, et al. 2016 [84] 7 868 Serum 25-OHD: (MD 54.73, CI 95% 23.76 to 70.39) 99.0%
Preeclampsia: (RR 0.52, CI 95% 0.25 to 1.05) 15.5%
Gestational diabetes: (RR 0.43, CI 95% 0.05 to 3.45) NR
de-Regil, et al. 2016 [86] 3 273 Circulating 25-OHD: (MD 47.08, CI 95% 36.60 to 72.86) 98.0%
Low birth weight: (RR 0.48, CI 95% 0.23 to 1.01) 53.0%
Birth length: (MD 0.97, CI 95% −0.41 to 2.34) 84.0%
Head circumference: (MD 0.43, CI 95% 0.06 to 0.79) 50.0%
Birth weight: (MD 39.55, CI 95% −240.68 to 319.78) 96.0%
Akbari, et al. 2017 [87] 11 371 HOMA-IR: (SMD −0.66, CI 95% −1.14 to -0.18) 57.4%
QUICKI: (SMD 0.73, CI 95% 0.26 to 1.20) 64.9%
HOMA-B: (SMD −0.52, CI 95% −0.79 to −0.25) 0.0%

OR: Odds Ratio, RR: Risk Ratio, MD: Mean Difference, SMD: Standardized Mean Difference, I2: Heterogeneity, NS: Not Significant.