Maternal Sedentary Behaviour and Offspring Growth: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

36 studies involving 666,800 participants were analyzed to evaluate the relationship between sedentary behaviour during pregnancy and fetal growth. The supplementary material, a 902.3 KB PDF, contains the full review and meta-analysis results from a search of five databases up to June 2024. The work was authored by figshare admin karger and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Conducting a meta-analysis on maternal sedentary behaviour based on the aggregated results from 29 observational studies and 7 RCTs.
• Assessing methodological heterogeneity in health studies based on the review of varying sedentary behaviour definitions and measurement methods.
• Evaluating risk of bias in observational research based on the quality assessment noting bias in at least one domain for most studies.

Strengths

• The review is based on a substantial evidence base of 36 studies and 666,800 participants.
• The methodology is detailed, involving a systematic search of five databases and independent review by two screeners.
• The analysis includes both qualitative synthesis and quantitative meta-analyses using random-effects models.

Limitations

• The primary data file is a PDF; the underlying tabular data for meta-analysis is not directly available in a machine-readable format.
• The description notes substantial heterogeneity in definitions and methods, contributing to very low to low certainty of evidence.
• Row count for any underlying data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for computational reuse.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of existing studies from five databases.

Time Range

Studies searched up to June 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 07:55:12; freshness should be verified.