“…Three studies [ 17 , 18 , 22 ] used ‘diet only’, and one study [ 23 ] used ‘insulin only’ to treat GDM while others used combinations of treatments such as ‘diet with insulin if required’ [ 10 , 11 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 31 , 33 , 37 ], ‘diet and exercise with insulin, if required’ [ 6 , 12 , 32 , 34 , 36 ]. Metformin, alone or in combination with insulin, was used in two studies [ 24 , 35 ], while glyburide alone or in combination with diet was used in another two studies [ 25 , 30 ].…”