Maternal Obesity and Occurrence of Fetal Macrosomia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Characteristics of excluded studies.

Reason for exclusion	Number of studies excluded
Unrelated topic	62
Obesity not defined as BMI ≥30 kg/m^2	83
Obesity measure not prepregnancy, first trimester, or first antenatal visit	5
Comparison group not one of BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m^2 or BMI <25.0 kg/m^2	32
Data not present to allow quantitative analysis of obesity	15
Data not present to allow quantitative analysis of macrosomia	29
Meta-analysis	1
Review article	24
Comment	3
Case report	1
Duplicate articles	4
Total number excluded	259