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Review
. 2014:2014:381231.
doi: 10.1155/2014/381231. Epub 2014 May 21.

Effect of metformin intervention during pregnancy on the gestational diabetes mellitus in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhihong Zhuo  1 , Aiming Wang  2 , Huimin Yu  3
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Review

Effect of metformin intervention during pregnancy on the gestational diabetes mellitus in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhihong Zhuo et al. J Diabetes Res. 2014.

Abstract

Metformin is an effective insulin sensitizer treating type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the functional consequences of metformin administration throughout pregnancy on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have not been assessed. We therefore performed a meta-analysis and system review to determine the effect of metformin on GDM in PCOS. A meta-analysis was performed on the published studies before December, 2013. Meta-analysis examined whether metformin could reduce GDM occurrence in PCOS with a fixed effect model. The odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was calculated to estimate the strength of association. A total of 13 studies including 5 RCTs and 8 non-RCTs were enrolled. Ultimately, effectiveness analysis demonstrated that, in total, there was no significant availability of metformin on GDM in PCOS in contrast to placebo (OR = 1.07, 95% CI 0.60-1.92) in RCTs and significant availability of metformin on GDM (OR = 0.19, 95% CI 0.13-0.27) was indicated in non-RCTs. In summary, according to the results of our meta-analysis, strictly, metformin did not significantly effect on GDM with PCOS, though more multicenters RCTs still need to be investigated.

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Flowchart of the study selection.
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The meta-analysis of the odds ratio for gestational diabetes in RCTs.
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The meta-analysis of the odds ratio for gestational diabetes in the studies with disease-matched controls or patients' selves as control.
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The meta-analysis of the odds ratio for gestational diabetes in the studies with PCOS as control.
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The meta-analysis of the odds ratio for gestational diabetes in the studies with patients' selves as control.
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