Progesterone elevation and probability of pregnancy after IVF: a systematic review and meta-analysis of over 60 000 cycles
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...…in progesterone is associated with a reduced probability of clinical pregnancy in fresh embryo transfer cycles, but not in frozen/thawed or donor–recipient IVF cycles (Venetis et al., 2013), implying that both appropriate concentrations and timing of steroid hormones are critical to receptivity....
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...08 ng/ml) confirmed that premature elevation in progesterone is associated with a reduced probability of clinical pregnancy in fresh embryo transfer cycles, but not in frozen/thawed or donor–recipient IVF cycles (Venetis et al., 2013), implying that both appropriate concentrations and timing of steroid hormones are critical to receptivity....
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...In addition, the use of the I(2) index was employed in order to indicate the proportion of inconsistency between studies that could not be attributed to chance, with I(2) ≥ 50% indicating significant heterogeneity (Higgins et al., 2003)....
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...In addition, the use of the I2 index was employed in order to indicate the proportion of inconsistency between studies that could not be attributed to chance, with I2 ≥ 50% indicating significant heterogeneity (Higgins et al., 2003)....
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...These results were combined for meta-analysis using the inverse variance method (Hedges and Olkin, 1985), when using the fixed effects model, and the DerSimonian and Laird method (DerSimonian and Laird, 434 Venetis et al. 1986), when using the random effects model....
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...These results were combined for meta-analysis using the inverse variance method (Hedges and Olkin, 1985), when using the fixed effects model, and the DerSimonian and Laird method (DerSimonian and Laird, 434 Venetis et al....
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