Carbamazepine (All indications)

Polydactyly

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.
S9678
R34454
Tomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Polydactyly at least 1st trimester prospective cohort exposed to other treatment, sick Adjustment: No 6.43 [0.31;134.02] C 2/1,957   0/2,514 2 1,957
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S9625
R34229
Källén (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Indications NOS), 2013 Poly/syndactyly early pregnancy population based cohort retrospective exposed to other treatment, sick excluded Adjustment: No 1.20 [0.29;5.02] C
excluded (control group)
5/1,511   3/1,084 8 1,511
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S9626
R34237
Källén (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 Poly/syndactyly early pregnancy population based cohort retrospective unexposed (general population or NOS) Adjustment: Yes 1.45 [0.47;3.38] 5/1,511   3,084/1,575,847 3,089 1,511
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S9653
R34362
Bànhidy (Carbamazepine), 2011 Poly/syndactyly throughout pregnancy case control unexposed, sick Adjustment: No Matched 0.30 [0.01;8.33] C 0/10   2/12 2 10
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S9648
R34334
Viinikainen (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick) a, 2006 Polydactyly throughout pregnancy prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 2.19 [0.09;54.89] C 1/72   0/52 1 72
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S9612
R34088
D'Souza (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, disease free), 1991 Extra digits throughout pregnancy prospective cohort unexposed, disease free excluded Adjustment: No Matched 123.00 [3.40;4444.20] C
excluded (control group)
1/3   0/62 1 3
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S9613
R34117
D'Souza (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 1991 Extra digits throughout pregnancy prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No 15.00 [0.39;576.73] C 1/3   0/8 1 3
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Total 5 studies 1.71 [0.74;3.99] 3,095 3,553
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 Tomson (Carbamazepine), 2018Tomson, 2018 1 6.43[0.31; 134.02]21,9578%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Källén (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013Källén, 2013 2 1.45[0.47; 3.38]3,0891,51173%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: moderateROB classification: moderateROB missing: unclearROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Bànhidy (Carbamazepine), 2011Bànhidy, 2011 3 0.30[0.01; 8.33]2106%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: criticalROB classification: lowROB missing: lowROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate Viinikainen (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick) a, 2006Viinikainen, 2006 4 2.19[0.09; 54.89]1727%ROB confusion: criticalROB selection: moderateROB classification: moderateROB missing: unclearROB mesure: moderateROB reporting: moderate D'Souza (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 1991D'Souza, 1991 5 15.00[0.39; 576.73]135%ROB confusion: NAROB selection: NAROB classification: NAROB missing: NAROB mesure: NAROB reporting: NA Total (5 studies) I2 = 0% 1.71[0.74; 3.99]3,0953,5530.250.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: Carbamazepine; 2: Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS; 3: Carbamazepine; 4: Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick) ; 5: Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 1.93[0.81; 4.64]3,0933,5430%NATomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Källén (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 Viinikainen (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick) a, 2006 D'Souza (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 1991 4 case control studiescase control studies 0.30[0.01; 8.33]210 -NABànhidy (Carbamazepine), 2011 1 Type of controls unexposed (disease free or unspecified)unexposed (disease free or unspecified) 1.45[0.54; 3.89]3,0891,511 -NAKällén (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 1 unexposed, sickunexposed, sick 1.95[0.23; 16.74]48517%NABànhidy (Carbamazepine), 2011 Viinikainen (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick) a, 2006 D'Souza (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 1991 3 exposed to other treatment, sickexposed to other treatment, sick 6.43[0.31; 134.02]21,957 -NATomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 1 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 2.73[0.53; 14.09]62,0420%NATomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Bànhidy (Carbamazepine), 2011 Viinikainen (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick) a, 2006 D'Souza (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 1991 4   - Yes  - Yes 1.45[0.54; 3.89]3,0891,511 -NAKällén (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 1 MatchedMatched 0.30[0.01; 8.33]210 -NABànhidy (Carbamazepine), 2011 1 All studiesAll studies 1.71[0.74; 3.99]3,0953,5530%NATomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Källén (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 Bànhidy (Carbamazepine), 2011 Viinikainen (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick) a, 2006 D'Souza (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 1991 50.150.01.0

Publication bias and p-hacking diagnosis

funnel plot
0.0-4.44.92.2340.000Tomson (Carbamazepine), 2018Källén (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013Bànhidy (Carbamazepine), 2011Viinikainen (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick) a, 2006D'Souza (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 1991

Asymetry test p-value = 0.5380 (by Egger's regression)

slope=0.0848 (0.7774); intercept=0.5586 (0.8058); t=0.6932; p=0.5380

p values plot
0.01.00.01.0

Sub-groups analysis using all included studies

excluded 9612, 9625

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified)unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified) 9.42[0.13; 693.03]3,0901,51482%NAKällén (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, NOS) (Indications NOS), 2013 D'Souza (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, disease free), 1991 2 unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls 1.95[0.23; 16.74]48517%NABànhidy (Carbamazepine), 2011 Viinikainen (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick) a, 2006 D'Souza (Carbamazepine) (Controls unexposed, sick), 1991 3 exposed to other treatment, sick controlsexposed to other treatment, sick controls 1.63[0.44; 5.94]103,4680%NATomson (Carbamazepine), 2018 Källén (Carbamazepine) (Controls exposed to Lamotrigine, sick) (Indications NOS), 2013 20.510.01.0