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Table 4 Sensitivity analysis of sperm total motility(grade a+b+c)

From: Effect of oral alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) on sperm parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Mean Difference

Lower CI

Upper CI

P

I2

Omitting Raaia 2012 1st month

6.89

[5.06;

8.71]

 < 0.00001

69%

Omitting Raaia 2012 2nd month

6.73

[4.89;

8.56]

 < 0.00001

74%

Omitting Raaia 2012 3rd month

6.75

[4.93;

8.58]

 < 0.00001

73%

Omitting Haghighian 2015

9.16

[6.48;

11.84]

 < 0.00001

45%

Omitting Abbasi 2020

4.43

[2.16;

6.69]

0.0001

0%

Pooled estimate

6.68

[4.88;

8.48]

 < 0.00001

65%

  1. Legend: Sensitivity analysis showed that Abbasi 2020 was found to affect the overall prevalence estimate by an absolute difference for the indicator
  2. CI Confidence interval
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Basic and Clinical Andrology

ISSN: 2051-4190