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Table 3.

Sensitivity analysis of multilevel meta-analyses comparing oral contraceptive pill (OCP) users and OCP non-users following matched resistance exercise training interventions using alternative values for pre-test–post-test correlations and correlation matrices

Sensitivity analysis procedure	Hypertrophy outcomes						Power outcomes						Strength outcomes
Sensitivity analysis procedure	ES	95% CI	τ²_{within-studies}	τ²_{between-studies}	I²_{within-studies}	I²_{between-studies}	ES	95% CI	τ²_{within-studies}	τ²_{between-studies}	I²_{within-studies}	I²_{between-studies}	ES	95% CI	τ²_{within-studies}	τ²_{between-studies}	I²_{within-studies}	I²_{between-studies}
0.7 pre–post correlation and 0.9 correlation matrix	0.01	[− 0.11, 0.13]	0.09	0.00	52.28	0.00	− 0.04	[− 0.93, 0.84]	0.04	0.00	21.30	0.00	0.10	[− 0.08, 0.28]	0.03	0.00	18.77	0.00
0.7 pre–post correlation and 0.7 correlation matrix	0.01	[− 0.12, 0.13]	0.07	0.00	44.15	0.00	− 0.04	[− 0.91, 0.83]	0.01	0.00	4.51	0.00	0.09	[− 0.10, 0.28]	0.01	0.00	5.49	0.00
0.7 pre–post correlation and 0.5 correlation matrix	0.01	[− 0.13, 0.14]	0.05	0.00	36.40	0.00	− 0.04	[− 0.92, 0.83]	0.01	0.00	4.51	0.00	0.09	[− 0.10, 0.28]	0.01	0.00	5.49	0.00
0.5 pre–post correlation and 0.9 correlation matrix	0.00	[− 0.12, 0.11]	0.09	0.00	40.66	0.00	− 0.06	[− 0.96 0.83]	0.03	0.00	12.18	0.00	0.09	[− 0.10, 0.29]	0.02	0.00	11.45	0.00
0.5 pre–post correlation and 0.7 correlation matrix	0.00	[− 0.13, 0.12]	0.06	0.00	30.75	0.00	− 0.06	[− 0.96, 0.84]	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	[− 0.14, 0.28]	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
0.5 pre–post correlation and 0.5 correlation matrix	0.00	[− 0.13, 0.13]	0.04	0.00	22.09	0.00	− 0.06	[− 0.96, 0.84]	0.00	0.00	6.46	3.24	0.07	[− 0.14, 0.28]	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
0.9 pre–post correlation and 0.9 correlation matrix	0.02	[− 0.11, 0.15]	0.09	0.00	72.20	0.00	− 0.02	[− 0.90, 0.87]	0.04	0.00	43.80	0.00	0.11	[− 0.06, 0.27]	0.04	0.00	37.56	0.00
0.9 pre–post correlation and 0.7 correlation matrix	0.02	[− 0.11, 0.15]	0.07	0.00	68.02	0.00	− 0.02	[− 0.88, 0.84]	0.03	0.00	33.66	2.91	0.10	[− 0.07, 0.28]	0.25	0.00	29.66	0.00
0.9 pre–post correlation and 0.5 correlation matrix	0.02	[− 0.11, 0.16]	0.06	0.00	63.45	0.00	− 0.03	[− 0.84, 0.79]	0.01	0.01	19.82	9.93	0.10	[− 0.08, 0.28]	0.02	0.00	21.11	0.00