Hydroxychloroquine (All indications except Antiphospholipid Syndrom)

Minor congenital malformations

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.
S13648
R52921		 Chambers (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2022 Infants with ≥3 any minor malformations at least 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, disease free excluded Adjustment: Yes Indication HCQ: Rheumatic diseases as a whole (Systemic lupus erythematosus, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome...) Matched 1.34 [0.61;2.93]
excluded (control group) 		39/138   22/84 61 138
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S13649
R52937		 Chambers (Controls unexposed, sick), 2022 Infants with ≥3 any minor malformations at least 1st trimester prospective cohort unexposed, sick Adjustment: No Indication HCQ: Rheumatic diseases as a whole (Systemic lupus erythematosus, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome...) Matched 0.87 [0.53;1.42] 39/138   54/173 93 138
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Total 1 studies 0.87 [0.53;1.42] 93 138
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 Chambers (Controls unexposed, sick), 2022Chambers, 2022 1 0.87[0.53; 1.42]931380%ROB confusion: seriousROB selection: moderateROB classification: moderateROB missing: lowROB mesure: lowROB reporting: moderate0.22.01.0ROB: A: confusion, B: selection, C: classification, D: missing, E: measurement, F: reportinglow,moderate,serious,critical,unclear,

1: Controls unexposed, sick;

Sensitivity analysis

SubsetTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2 Type of studies cohort studiescohort studies 0.87[0.53; 1.42]93138 -NAChambers (Controls unexposed, sick), 2022 1 case control studiescase control studies 0 Type of controls unexposed, sickunexposed, sick 0.87[0.53; 1.42]93138 -NAChambers (Controls unexposed, sick), 2022 1 Tags Adjustment   - No  - No 0.87[0.53; 1.42]93138 -NAChambers (Controls unexposed, sick), 2022 1 Indication HCQ   - Rheumatic diseases as a whole (Syst ...  - Rheumatic diseases as a whole (Systemic lupus erythematosus, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome...) 0.87[0.53; 1.42]93138 -NAChambers (Controls unexposed, sick), 2022 1 MatchedMatched 0.87[0.53; 1.42]93138 -NAChambers (Controls unexposed, sick), 2022 1 All studiesAll studies 0.87[0.53; 1.42]93138 -NAChambers (Controls unexposed, sick), 2022 10.210.01.0

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 13648

Sub-groupsTE95% CIn casesn exposedkI2ROB type of controls unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified)unexposed controls (disease free or unspecified) 1.34[0.61; 2.94]61138 -NAChambers (Controls unexposed, disease free), 2022 1 unexposed, sick controlsunexposed, sick controls 0.87[0.53; 1.42]93138 -NAChambers (Controls unexposed, sick), 2022 10.510.01.0