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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Pretreatment with or without GnRH-agonist before frozen–thawed embryo transfer in patients with PCOS: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors

year

Study design

Patients /cycles

Interventions

Basic information

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

Shabnam Salemi et al

2021

RCT

93

95

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: < 37 years; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Zhang Jianmei et al

2020

Case-controlled

79

67

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: from 21 to 35 years; BMI: between 18 and 29 kg/m2; Normal uterine cavity

Aghahoseini Marieh et al

2020

RCT

88

90

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: from 18 to 40 years; BMI: ≤ 30 kg/m2; Normal uterine cavity

L Luo et al

2020

RCT

172

171

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: from 20 to 40 years; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Zhang Fan

2020

Case-controlled

65

72

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: < 38 years; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Bai Jingying et al

2020

Case-controlled

124

369

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: from 20 to 34 years; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Zhu Aizhen et al

2020

Case-controlled

32

38

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: unknown; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Sun Xiaoxiao et al

2019

Case-controlled

221

332

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: unknown; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Li Jing et al

2019

Case-controlled

65

65

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: from 23 to 38 years; BMI: between 22 and 27 kg/m2; Normal uterine cavity

He Xiao et al

2019

RCT

18

14

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: < 35 years; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Ji Xiaoyuan et al

2019

Case-controlled

225

347

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: ≤ 39 years; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Di XIE et al

2018

Case-controlled

48

98

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: unknown; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Hsiao-Wen Tsai et al

2017

Case-controlled

29

31

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: from 20 to 45 years; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Zhang Jingshun et al

2017

Case-controlled

76

76

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: unknown; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Wang Xiaoyan et al

2015

Case-controlled

53

58

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: unknown; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Jiang Chenglong et al

2015

Case-controlled

92

98

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: unknown; BMI: unknown; Normal uterine cavity

Jie Di et al

2014

Case-controlled

51

88

Endometrial preparation with GnRH-a pretreatment

Endometrial preparation without GnRH-a pretreatment

Women with PCOS undergoing FET cycles; Age: ≤ 35 years; BMI: ≤ 30kg/m2; Normal uterine cavity

  1. RCT Randomized controlled trial, BMI Body mass index, PCOS Polycystic ovary syndrome, FET Frozen–thawed embryo transfer, GnRH-a Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist