Human Reproduction Update Advance Access originally published online on February 7, 2008
Human Reproduction Update 2008 14(3):289; doi:10.1093/humupd/dmm044
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Is it time for a meta-analysis?
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
National Institutes of Health, DHHS, 6100 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
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Sir,
Recent issue of the Hum Reprod Update included a meta-analysis by Gelbaya et al. (2007)
that systematically evaluated the current state of evidence regarding the effects of aspirin in IVF. The authors found non-significant point estimates for pregnancy, miscarriage and cancellation rates with confidence intervals overlapping the null hypothesis. Based on these results,