Insulin vs anti‐diabetic agent: Adiposity
Insulin showed no clear difference in adiposity at birth ‐ percentage fat mass compared with anti‐diabetic agent (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Insulin vs anti‐diabetic agent Adiposity at birth ‐ percentage fat mass · Infants of women with gestational diabetes. Insulin showed no clear difference in adiposity at birth ‐ percentage fat mass compared with anti‐diabetic agent (moderate certainty). Insulin for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 82 participants | Moderate |
Insulin vs anti‐diabetic agent Adiposity at birth ‐ skinfold sum (mm) · Infants of women with gestational diabetes. It is very uncertain whether insulin changes adiposity at birth ‐ skinfold sum (mm) compared with anti‐diabetic agent (very low certainty). Insulin for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 82 participants | Very low |
Insulin vs anti‐diabetic agent Adiposity in childhood up to 2 years ‐ total fat mass (%) · Infants of women with gestational diabetes. Insulin showed no clear difference in adiposity in childhood up to 2 years ‐ total fat mass (%) compared with anti‐diabetic agent (low certainty). Insulin for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | MD 0.5 | 1 study · 318 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insulin for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.