Table 1. Sensitivity analyses following Higgins et al. (2008). IMORE and IMORC were calculated based on expert opinion regarding the missing data from the included studies. Effect estimates were calculated in “R” using the “metasens” package. There were no missing data for the outcomes “Miscarriage” and “Live birth”. OR: odds ratio, ICA: imputed case analysis, IMOR: informative missingness odds ratio for experimental group (E) or control group (C).
Yilmaz
et al., 2006
Lewis
et al., 2006
George
et al., 2007
Thomas
et al., 2019
Meta-analysis
OR OR OR OR Pooled OR
(95% CI)
I2
Clinical pregnancy
Reference analysis ICA-r 1.31 1.07 1.73 1.12 1.23 (0.91, 1.66) 0%
Sensitivity analysis IMORE = 2, IMORC = 2 1.38 0.93 1.71 1.18 1.22 (0.83, 1.77) 0%
IMORE = 0.5, IMORC = 0.5 1.25 1.22 1.74 1.11 1.26 (0.97, 1.63) 0%
IMORE = 0.5, IMORC = 2 1.21 0.81 1.68 0.91 1.04 (0.65, 1.66) 0%
IMORE = 2, IMORC = 0.5 1.42 1.41 1.77 1.44 1.47 (1.27, 1.69) 0%
Gamble-Hollis 1.31 1.08 1.73 1.14 1.35 (0.98, 1.86) 0%
Ovulation
Reference analysis ICA-r 1.63 1.84 1.70 (0.84, 3.43) 0%
Sensitivity analysis IMORE = ∞, IMORC = ∞ 1.79 1.81 1.80 (1.67, 1.94) 0%
IMORE = 0.5, IMORC = 0.5 1.53 1.85 1.63 (0.52, 5.09) 0%
IMORE = 0.5, IMORC = ∞ 1.46 1.73 1.54 (0.55, 4.30) 0%
IMORE = ∞, IMORC = 0.5 1.88 1.94 1.90 (1.57, 2.30) 0%
Gamble-Hollis 1.63 1.84 1.70 (0.83, 3.52) 0%
Multiple pregnancy
Reference analysis ICA-r 2.21 2.92 2.56 (0.43, 15.11) 0%
Sensitivity analysis IMORE = 2, IMORC = 2 2.36 3.30 2.82 (0.34, 23.38) 0%
IMORE = 0, IMORC = 0 2.03 3.03 2.51 (0.20, 31.82) 0%
IMORE = 0, IMORC = 2 1.94 2.27 2.11 (0.78, 5.74) 0%
IMORE = 2, IMORC = 0 2.47 4.40 3.36 (0.09, 129.73) 0%
Gamble-Hollis 2.21 3.19 2.48 (0.28, 22.00) 0%