Antibiotics vs no treatment
Antibiotics may leads to lower preterm birth < 37 weeks compared with no treatment (low certainty).
- RR 0.34 [0.13, 0.88]3 studies · 327 participantsLow
Antibiotics may leads to lower preterm birth < 37 weeks compared with no treatment (low certainty).
Any antihypertensive drug showed no clear difference in preterm birth (< 37 weeks) compared with no antihypertensive drugs/placebo (moderate certainty).
The intervention leads to lower preterm birth < 37 weeks (high certainty).
Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) showed no clear difference in preterm births (births before 37 weeks of gestation) compared with multiple micronutrients (MMN) (moderate certainty).
Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) showed no clear difference in preterm births (births before 37 weeks of gestation) compared with iron folic acid (IFA) (moderate certainty).
External cephalic version (ECV) commenced before term leads to higher preterm birth < 37 weeks compared with ECV at term (high certainty).
It is very uncertain whether nitrofurantoin and close surveillance changes preterm birth (< 37 weeks) compared with close surveillance alone (very low certainty).
The intervention leads to lower early preterm birth < 34 weeks (high certainty).
Outcomes for all interventions for smoking cessation in pregnancy showed no clear difference in preterm birth (under 37 weeks) compared with control: subgrouped by main intervention strategy (comparison 20) (high certainty).
All routine Doppler ultrasound showed no clear difference in preterm birth (before 37 weeks) compared with no Doppler ultrasound (high certainty).
Acupuncture showed no clear difference in preterm birth less than 37 weeks compared with placebo (low certainty).
The intervention showed no clear difference in preterm birth (< 37 weeks' gestation) (high certainty).
Calcium supplementation showed no clear difference in preterm birth (a) Birth prior to 37 weeks compared with placebo or no treatment (maternal outcomes) (moderate certainty).
Calcium supplementation showed no clear difference in preterm birth (b) Birth prior to 34 weeks compared with placebo or no treatment (maternal outcomes) (moderate certainty).
The intervention leads to lower preterm birth (before 37 weeks' gestation) (high certainty).
Vitamin D + calcium supplementation may leads to higher preterm birth (less than 37 weeks' gestation) compared with placebo or no intervention (low certainty).
Vitamin D + calcium + other vitamins and minerals showed no clear difference in preterm birth (less than 37 weeks' gestation) compared with calcium + other vitamins and minerals (but no vitamin D) (low certainty).
Vitamin D supplementation showed no clear difference in preterm birth (less than 37 weeks' gestation) compared with placebo or no intervention (low certainty).
Any vitamin E supplementation showed no clear difference in preterm birth (less than 37 weeks' gestation) compared with placebo, no placebo or other supplements (high certainty).
Antihelminthics showed no clear difference in preterm birth (birth before 37 weeks of gestation) compared with control (low certainty).