Study	Reason for exclusion
Badawy 2007	Glucocorticoids used for ovulation induction protocol ‐ not IVF/ICSI
Bider 1996	Glucocorticoids used for ovulation induction protocol ‐ not IVF/ICSI
Bider 1996a	Glucocorticoid administration ended after embryo transfer (that is, after oocyte retrieval)
Bider 1996b	Glucocorticoid administered for frozen embryo transfer cycles
Bider 1997a	Glucocorticoids used for ovulation induction protocol ‐ not IVF/ICSI
Bider 1999	Glucocorticoid administration ended just after embryo transfer (that is, after oocyte retrieval)
Lahteenmaki 1995	Examined administration of prednisolone in men (for male immunological infertility)
Moffitt 1995	Prednisolone administered after oocyte retrieval
Mottla 1996	Glucocorticoid administration began after oocyte recovery
Revelli 2008	Glucocorticoid administration ended just before embryo transfer (that is, after oocyte retrieval)
Tan 1992	Glucocorticoids administered after oocyte retrieval
Ubaldi 2002	Glucorticoid administration continued for 4 weeks
Younis 1992	Examined the role of growth hormone in ovarian stimulation
Younis 1993	Examined the role of growth hormone in ovarian stimulation

ICSI: intra‐cytoplasmic sperm injection
 IVF: in‐vitro fertilisation