<p><sup>a</sup>Important confounders include pregnancy status, coital frequency, marital status/living with partner, transactional sex; “yes” indicates all measured; “no” indicates one or more missing.</p><p><sup>b</sup>Lower risk of bias based on “yes” to all: ≥80% followed at 12 mo, measurement of important confounders, contraceptive method measured every 3 mo or more frequently, and ≥10% in no-HC comparison group.</p><p><sup>c</sup>Follow-up visits every 6 mo.</p><p>Assessment of risk of bias for the 18 studies included in the individual participant data meta-analysis.</p
<p>(A) Review judgments of authors on each methodological quality item presented as percentages acro...
<p>Estimated effect measures from the Fantasia, McCarraher, Kacanek, Teitelman, Van Horne, and Willi...
<p>Risk of bias graph: review authors’ judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percenta...
<p><sup>a</sup>“Time-varying” signifies that the contraceptive variable may vary with time, i.e., va...
a: Evaluated as moderate risk in secondary analysis (low risk in primary analysis) due to incomparab...
[EN] Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the agreement and compare the performance of th...
The first two items assess study quality by scoring reporting, a “yes” score indicates reported and ...
<p>Red: high risk, green: low risk, and yellow: unclear risk. The white strip for confounding corres...
Meta-analysis of observational studies is an exciting new area of innovation in statistical science....
<p>Risk of bias for this meta-analysis: judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percent...
Background: Valid measurement of determinants of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM)...
An assumption in case-control studies is that forces of selection are the same for cases and control...
<p>The risk of bias for the included studies was assessed in our meta-analysis.</p
a<p>all adjusted OR/RRs are as reported by authors,</p>b<p>OR/RRs calculated by authors, raw data no...
1<p>Adjusted odds ratios stratified by two time periods were available but were not extracted.</p
<p>(A) Review judgments of authors on each methodological quality item presented as percentages acro...
<p>Estimated effect measures from the Fantasia, McCarraher, Kacanek, Teitelman, Van Horne, and Willi...
<p>Risk of bias graph: review authors’ judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percenta...
<p><sup>a</sup>“Time-varying” signifies that the contraceptive variable may vary with time, i.e., va...
a: Evaluated as moderate risk in secondary analysis (low risk in primary analysis) due to incomparab...
[EN] Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the agreement and compare the performance of th...
The first two items assess study quality by scoring reporting, a “yes” score indicates reported and ...
<p>Red: high risk, green: low risk, and yellow: unclear risk. The white strip for confounding corres...
Meta-analysis of observational studies is an exciting new area of innovation in statistical science....
<p>Risk of bias for this meta-analysis: judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percent...
Background: Valid measurement of determinants of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM)...
An assumption in case-control studies is that forces of selection are the same for cases and control...
<p>The risk of bias for the included studies was assessed in our meta-analysis.</p
a<p>all adjusted OR/RRs are as reported by authors,</p>b<p>OR/RRs calculated by authors, raw data no...
1<p>Adjusted odds ratios stratified by two time periods were available but were not extracted.</p
<p>(A) Review judgments of authors on each methodological quality item presented as percentages acro...
<p>Estimated effect measures from the Fantasia, McCarraher, Kacanek, Teitelman, Van Horne, and Willi...
<p>Risk of bias graph: review authors’ judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percenta...