Table 1.

Summary of network meta-analysis results from 73 studies using the early follicular phase as a reference

Comparison to early follicular phase	Effect size [95% CrI]	SUCRA (%)
Early follicular	−	30
Late follicular	− 0.14 [− 0.26 to − 0.03]	54
Ovulation	− 0.07 [− 0.15 to 0.07]	55
Early luteal	− 0.07 [− 0.19 to 0.16]	54
Mid-luteal	− 0.04 [− 0.11 to 0.08]	55
Late luteal	− 0.01 [− 0.18 to 0.17]	53

Negative values for effect sizes favour all other menstrual cycle phases (late follicular, ovulation, early luteal, mid-luteal and late luteal) compared to the early follicular phase

SUCRA the surface under the cumulative ranking curve, CrI credible intervals