Records identified through database searching in

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(n=134) and Cochrane central register of. Clinical Trial (n=2). Records identified through other sources. (n=38). Record screened. (n=1120). Duplicates removed.
Records identified through database searching in Pubmed (n=946), Scopus (n=134) and Cochrane central register of Clinical Trial (n=2)

Records identified through other sources (n=38)

Record screened (n=1120) Duplicates removed (n=249)

Records screened (n=871)

Full text articles assessed for eligibility (n=72)

Full text articles included in qualitative studies (n=33)

Records excluded (n=799) Irrelevant articles (n=179) Prospective & cohort studies (n=30) Case-control studies (n=31) Case-reports articles (n=190) Cross-sectional studies (n=36) Other observational studies (n=123) Review articles (n=189) Non diabetic intervention groups (n=20) Pilot studies (n=1) Full text articles excluded (n=39) Repeated previous outcomes (n=1) Studies included GDM (n=5) Full text animal articles in other languages (n=3) Full text human articles in other languages (n=4) Studies that did not meet the Jadad scale (n=2) In-vitro or gene sequences studies (n=11) Studies included other irrelevant primary outcomes (n=1) Studies with other animal samples (n=2) Prebiotic studies (n=6) Metabolic syndrome studies (n=1) Studies that did not mention any diagnosis of diabetes (n=2) Studies that did not assess any of the primary outcomes (n=1)

Figure 1: Flow diagram of search results. RCT: Randomized Control Trial GDM: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

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