Prognostic profiles and the effectiveness of assisted conception: secondary analyses of individual patient data
Author(s) -
N.M. van den Boogaard,
A. J. Bensdorp,
Katrien Oude Rengerink,
Kurt T. Barnhart,
Siladitya Bhattacharya,
I Custers,
Christos Coutifaris,
Anne Goverde,
David S. Guzick,
Ed Hughes,
Pamela Factor-Litvak,
Pieternel Steures,
P. G. A. Hompes,
Fulco van der Veen,
Ben W. Mol,
Patrick M. Bossuyt
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
human reproduction update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.977
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1362-4946
pISSN - 1355-4786
DOI - 10.1093/humupd/dmt035
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , medicine , patient data , psychology , computer science , database
At present, it is unclear which treatment strategy is best for couples with unexplained or mild male subfertility. We hypothesized that the prognostic profile influences the effectiveness of assisted conception. We addressed this issue by analysing individual patient data (IPD) from randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
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