Table 2. Characteristics of the included studies
Study Study Design Country Period Outcome included in the meta-analysis FET vs Fresh aOR (95% CI)
Healy et al., 2010 Retrospective cohort (population-based registry - Victoria) Australia 1992-2004 Placenta previa 0.71 (0.51, 1.00)
Ishihara et al., 2014 Retrospective cohort (nationwide registry) Japan 2008-2010 Pregnancy induced hypertension Placenta previa Placenta accreta 1.58 (1.35, 1.86) 0.91 (0.70, 1.19) 3.16 (1.71, 6.23)
Kaser et al., 2015 Case-control study (single-center analysis) United States 2005-2011 Placenta accreta 4.54 (1.65, 12.47)
Opdahl et al., 2015 Retrospective cohort (nationwide registry) Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1988-2007 (Sweden and Norway) 1997-2007 (Denmark) Pregnancy induced hypertension 2.39 (1.48, 3.86)
Rombauts et al.,2014 Retrospective cohort (single-center analysis) Australia 2006-2012 Placenta previa 1.13 (0.61, 2.10)
Sazonova et al., 2012 Retrospective cohort (nationwide registry) Sweden 2002-2006 Pre-eclampsia Placenta previa 1.32 (1.07, 1.63) 0.32 (0.19, 0.54)