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. 2019 Mar 14;2019(3):CD007411. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007411.pub4

1. Data for undefined or biochemical pregnancy.

Undefined or biochemical pregnancy Antioxidant Control Peto OR [CI]
Antioxidant(s) versus placebo or no treatment  
Combined antioxidants Events Total Events Total  
Galatioto 2008 1 20 0 22 8.17 [0.16 to 413.39]
Gopinath 2013 13 92 2 46 2.72 [0.88 to 8.46]
Arginine          
Pryor 1978 2 35 2 29 0.82 [0.11 to 6.16]
Carnitines 25 154 3 145  
Sigman 2006 1 12 1 9 0.74 [0.04 to 13.02]
Peivandi 2010 3 15 0 15 8.57 [0.82 to 89.45]
Lenzi 2004 4 30 0 26 7.20 [0.95 to 54.34]
Lenzi 2003 6 43 0 43 8.37 [1.61 to 43.58]
Cavallini 2004 9 39 1 47 7.50 [2.01 to 27.98]
Coenzyme Q10 6 136 3 136  
Safarinejad 2009a 0 106 0 106 Not estimable
Balercia 2009 6 30 3 30 2.16 [0.53 to 8.82]
Nadjarzadeh 2011 0 23 0 24 Not estimable
Vitamin C + Vitamin E          
Rolf 1999 0 15 0 16 Not estimable
Vitamin E          
Ener 2016 5 28 5 28 1.00 [0.26 to 3.88]
Head‐to‐head antioxidant(s) Events Total Events Total  
L‐acetyl carnitine + L‐carnitine vs Vitamin E + Vitamin C          
Li 2005 10 85 2 53 2.72 [0.81 to 9.14]
L‐carnitine + Vitamin E versus Vitamin E          
Wang 2010 21 68 3 67 6.01 [2.49 to 14.47]