Cochrane · systematic review · CD007145
Diet or exercise, or both, for preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy
Muktabhant, B, Lawrie, TA, Lumbiganon, P, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
Pregnancy and ChildbirthAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
1
Included studies
NR
No studies 1 · 14.3%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 2 · 28.6%High 4 · 57.1%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
All diet and/or exercise interventions compared to standard/other care for preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy
Population: pregnant women
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Excessive weight gain All diet and/or exercise interventions vs standard/other care | RR 0.8 [0.73, 0.87] | 24 studies · 7096 participants | High |
Mean GWG (kg) All diet and/or exercise interventions vs standard/other care | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Low weight gain All diet and/or exercise interventions vs standard/other care | RR 1.14 [1.02, 1.27] | 11 studies · 4422 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Preterm birth All diet and/or exercise interventions vs standard/other care | RR 0.91 [0.68, 1.22] | 16 studies · 5923 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Pre‐eclampsia All diet and/or exercise interventions vs standard/other care | RR 0.95 [0.77, 1.16] | 15 studies · 5330 participants | High |
Caesarean delivery All diet and/or exercise interventions vs standard/other care | RR 0.95 [0.88, 1.03] | 28 studies · 7534 participants | High |
Macrosomia Infant birthweight > 4000 g All diet and/or exercise interventions vs standard/other care | RR 0.93 [0.86, 1.02] | 27 studies · 8598 participants | High |