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 |
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Darcie 2004 |
Brazil 1994 - 1997 prospective cohort |
A randomized, longitudinal, prospective study conducting at the Neonatal Pediatrics Service, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo. | Newborns of hypertensive mothers treated with isradipine (5 mg twice a day) for at least 2 weeks before the delivery. |
unexposed, sick
Newborns of hypertensive mothers whose hypertension was controlled with diet only (without antihypertensive medication), for a minimum period of 2 weeks. |
late pregnancy | 39 / 14 | Study considered as a prospective cohort because no precision indicating that a randomization was carried out. | |
This was a randomized, longitudinal, prospective study comparing 3 groups of patients according to the type of maternal treatment. => Not otherwise specified => Considered as a prospective cohort because no precision indicating that a randomization was carried out. | ||||||||
Wide-Swensson 1995 |
Denmark and Sweden Not specified. randomized controlled trial |
A double-blind randomized controlled trial conducted at five centers in Sweden and one in Denmark (University hospital of Lund, Karolinska Institute, University hospital Arhus, University hospital of Uppsala, Hospital of Orebro and Malmo hospital). | Women with hypertension in pregnancy randomized to capsules of oral slow-release isradipine 5 mg twice daily. |
unexposed, sick
Women with hypertension in pregnancy randomized to capsules of placebo given twice daily. |
3rd trimester | 54 / 57 | Data related to Apgar scores not reported because the number of available data for the 2 groups not provided by authors. | |
The patients were randomized by numbers. The randomization was done in blocks of 6 patients. Information as to which treatment each woman was given was stored in a sealed envelope, which was not opened until the study was completed. |
Study | Country Study period Study design |
Data source | Case | Control | Exposition | Exposition period | Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control) |
Remarks | Risk of bias |
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Risk of bias: : NA; : low; : moderate; : serious; : critical; : unclear;