2.3 Meta-analyses on elective induction. There have been four meta-analyses in which researchers 4 combined all of the results from randomised trials comparing o expectant management to elective induction at 41-42 weeks, as well as two recently published meta-analyses that compare ri expectant management to elective induction, regardless of in tional age. The perinatal mortality results of the meta analyses differ, depending on which randomised trials were of the five meta-analyses that examined perinata death found a lower risk of perinatal death in the induction group w compared to the expectant management group 38.39 two found no relationship and one came close to reaching statistical significance (p .05