Methotrexate (Pre-conception only) - Medication and Pregnancy KB

Methotrexate (Pre-conception only)

Elective/induced termination of pregnancy

R analysis

id	Study	Lib. in paper	Exposition period	Study type All studies Case control excluded Only case control	Control type	Tags	OR 95%CI	x1/n1 x0/n0	no cases	no exposed	ROB	Ref.
S10348 R37939	Weber-Schoendorfer (Controls exposed to other treatment, sick), 2014	Elective termination of pregnancy	preconceptional for kinetic reason	prospective cohort	exposed to other treatment, sick excluded	Adjustment: No Exposed group: MTX (polytherapy or not specified) Indications: Inflammatory diseases Matched MTX less than 3 months before pregnancy	1.36 [0.70;2.67] ^C excluded (control group)	13/136 33/459	46	136		ref
S10349 R37958	Weber-Schoendorfer (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2014	Elective termination of pregnancy	preconceptional for kinetic reason	prospective cohort	unexposed, disease free	Adjustment: No Exposed group: MTX (polytherapy or not specified) Indications: Inflammatory diseases Matched MTX less than 3 months before pregnancy	2.40 [1.10;5.60]	13/136 49/1,107	62	136		ref
					Total	1 studies	2.40 [1.06;5.42]		62	136
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

1: Controls unexposed, disease free;

Sensitivity analysis

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 10348