Umbilical cord milking and delayed cord clamping for the prevention of neonatal hypoglycaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 3 GRADE summary findings table for umbilical cord milking outcome/s

Outcomes	№ of participants (studies) Follow-up	Certainty of the evidence (GRADE)	Anticipated absolute effects
Outcomes	№ of participants (studies) Follow-up	Certainty of the evidence (GRADE)	Risk with Control	Risk difference with UCM
Length of hospital stay	886 (8 RCTs)	⨁⨁◯◯ Low ^a^,b	The mean length of hospital stay was 45.7 days	MD 1.2 days longer (1.76 fewer to 4.16 longer)

CI confidence interval, MD mean difference, RR risk ratio
Explanations
^aDowngraded one level for risk of bias due to moderate risk of bias for this outcome
^bDowngraded one level for imprecision due to wide CI and low sample size

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