Whether vitamin D was associated with clinical outcome after IVF/ICSI: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There exist contradictive views on whether the vitamin D has association with clinical outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and/or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The present meta-analysis aim to establish whether vitamin D was associated with clinical outcomes of IVF/ICSI.

Methods

MEDLINE, Google Scholar and the Cochrane Library from database inception to March 2017 were searched. Clinical studies, which evaluated the association of vitamin D level and the clinical outcomes after IVF/ICSI, were included. The Main Outcome Measures were clinical pregnancy, ongoing pregnancy, and live birth.

Results

In the analysis of clinical pregnancy, 9 cohort studies were included. Of which, 2 studies and 3 studies were identified in analyzing ongoing pregnanc

SUBMITTER: Zhao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5807754 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature