| 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% | |||