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Estazolam

Exposed non-exposed, cohort studies

Study	Country Study period Study design	Data source	Exposure definition	Non-exposure definition	Exposition period	Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control)	Remarks	Risk of bias
Meng a (Controls unexposed, sibling) 2023	Taiwan 2004 - 2018 population based cohort retrospective	A nationwide, population-based cohort study in Taiwan using three data sources: Taiwan’s National Birth Certificate Application database, the National Health Insurance database, and the Maternal and Child Health Database.	Sibling with at least one Estazolam prescription received by the mother during early pregnancy (the first 20 weeks of pregnancy).	sibling Discordant matched sibling without benzodiazepine or Z-hypnotic prescriptions from 30 days before the date of the estimated last menstrual period to the end of the 20th week of pregnancy.	early pregnancy	-9 / -9	Number of exposures not provided (authors provided number of Exposure discordant pairs and number of Case discordant pairs).
Meng a (Controls unexposed, sibling) 2023	Taiwan 2004 - 2018 population based cohort retrospective		The National Health Insurance (NHI) database that comprises anonymised health insurance claims for visits, procedures, and prescriptions for more than 99% of the population in Taiwan (about 23 million).		early pregnancy	-9 / -9
Meng a (Controls unexposed, sick) 2023	Taiwan 2004 - 2018 population based cohort retrospective	A nationwide, population-based cohort study in Taiwan using three data sources: Taiwan’s National Birth Certificate Application database, the National Health Insurance database, and the Maternal and Child Health Database.	At least one Estazolam prescription received by a mother during early pregnancy (the first 20 weeks of pregnancy).	unexposed, sick Pregnant women with no benzodiazepine or Z-hypnotic prescriptions from 30 days before the date of the estimated last menstrual period to the end of the 20th week of pregnancy.	early pregnancy	3732 / 2754239	Use of results obtained with PS-FSW because more exposures, with a sick control group and sensitivity analyses (sibling control study, and paternal negative control design) that obtained similar results.
Meng a (Controls unexposed, sick) 2023	Taiwan 2004 - 2018 population based cohort retrospective		The National Health Insurance (NHI) database that comprises anonymised health insurance claims for visits, procedures, and prescriptions for more than 99% of the population in Taiwan (about 23 million).		early pregnancy	3732 / 2754239

Case-control studies

Study	Country Study period Study design	Data source	Case	Control	Exposition	Exposition period	Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control)	Remarks	Risk of bias

Risk of bias: : NA; : low; : moderate; : serious; : critical; : unclear;

Empty. There are no case-control studies available for this drug.

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