Pregabalin (All indications)

Small for gestational age (weight)

R analysis
id Study   Lib. in paper Exposition period    Study type  Control type 
 
Tags OR 95%CI x1/n1 x0/n0 no cases no exposed ROB Ref.
S15251
R62709
Dudukina (Controls exposed to LTG) (Mixed indications), 2023 Small for gestational age (birth weight below 2 standard deviations (SDs) of sex- and gestational week specific distributions) 3 months (or more) before pregnancy or during pregnancy population based cohort retrospective exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: Yes 0.95 [0.70;1.29]
excluded (control group)
-/2,382   -/7,130 - 2,382
ref
S15252
R62730
Dudukina (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2023 Small for gestational age (birth weight below 2 standard deviations (SDs) of sex- and gestational week specific distributions) 3 months (or more) before pregnancy or during pregnancy excluded population based cohort retrospective unexposed (general population or NOS) Adjustment: Yes 1.11 [0.88;1.40]
excluded (exposition period)
-/2,382   -/2,959,022 - 2,382
ref
S8541
R28341
Coste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Small for gestational age (weight) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) retrospective cohort (claims database) unexposed (general population or NOS) Adjustment: No 1.13 [0.96;1.32] C 177/1,627   167,376/1,710,441 167,553 1,627
ref
S8537
R28308
Kilic (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 Small for gestational age (birth weight <10% percentile for the gestational birth week) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 3.07 [0.83;11.39] C
excluded (control group)
3/13   78/876 81 13
ref
S8538
R28311
Kilic (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2014 Small for gestational age (birth weight <10% percentile for the gestational birth week) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective unexposed (general population or NOS) excluded Adjustment: No 2.80 [0.77;10.19] C
excluded (control group)
3/13   65,118/673,844 65,121 13
ref
S8539
R28314
Kilic (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 Small for gestational age (birth weight <10% percentile for the gestational birth week) during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) population based cohort retrospective unexposed, sick Adjustment: No Controls: epilepsy indication 2.36 [0.65;8.61] C 3/13   594/5,275 597 13
ref
Total 2 studies 1.22 [0.77;1.93] 168,150 1,640
x1: number of endpoints among exposed, n1: number of exposed; x0: number of endpoints among non exposed, n0: number of non exposed; C: calculated odds ratio from numbers of events and effectives

Forest plot

StudyTE95% CIn casesn exposedweightROBABCDEF Coste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020Coste, 2020 1 1.13[0.96; 1.32]167,5531,62789%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Kilic (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014Kilic, 2014 2 2.36[0.65; 8.61]5971311%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: lowROB classification: criticalROB missing: lowROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Total (2 studies) I2 = 20% 1.22[0.77; 1.93]168,1501,6400.55.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications; 2: Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 1.22[0.77; 1.93]168,1501,64020%NACoste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Kilic (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 2 case control studiescase control studies 0 Type of controls unexposed (disease free or unspecified)unexposed (disease free or unspecified) 1.13[0.96; 1.32]167,5531,627 -NACoste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 1 unexposed, sickunexposed, sick 2.36[0.65; 8.61]59713 -NAKilic (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 1 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 1.22[0.77; 1.93]168,1501,64020%NACoste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Kilic (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 2 Controls   - epilepsy indication  - epilepsy indication 2.36[0.65; 8.61]59713 -NAKilic (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 1 All studiesAll studies 1.22[0.77; 1.93]168,1501,64020%NACoste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Kilic (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 20.55.01.0

Publication bias and p-hacking diagnosis

funnel plot

Funnel plot not drawn. Less than 3 points.

Asymetry test p-value = NaN (by Egger's regression)

not enought points

p values plot

Funnel plot not drawn. Less than 3 points.

Sub-groups analysis using all included studies

excluded 8537, 8538, 15251

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified)unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified) 1.41[0.65; 3.03]232,6741,64047%NACoste (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Mixed indications), 2020 Kilic (Controls unexposed NOS) (Mixed indications), 2014 2 unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls 2.36[0.65; 8.61]59713 -NAKilic (Controls unexposed, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 1 exposed to other treatment, sick controlsexposed to other treatment, sick controls 3.07[0.83; 11.39]8113 -NAKilic (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Mixed indications), 2014 10.510.01.0