Table 1 Patients and cycle characteristics
From: Is there a link between blastomere contact surfaces of day 3 embryos and live birth rate?
Patients | N = 474 |
|---|---|
Female age | 30.61 ± 3.31 |
Cause of subfertility | |
● Unexplained | 219 (46) |
● Tubal | 60 (13) |
● Ovulation | 103 (22) |
● Endometriosis | 69 (15) |
● Implantation | 12 (3) |
● Other | 11 (2) |
● Male factor | 339 (72) |
Cycles | N = 474 |
● ICSI | 189 (39%) |
● IVF | 288 (61%) |
● Oocytes per oocyte retrieval | 10.16 ± 4.71 |
● Mature oocytes per oocyte retrieval | 8.84 ± 4.15 |
● Fertilization rate per oocyte | 65 ± 21.6 |
● Fertilization rate per mature oocyte | 74 ±21.3 |
Clinical outcome | |
● Positive βhCG | 158 (33) |
● Biochemical pregnancy | 18 (4) |
● Implanted embryos | 140 (30) |
● Extra uterine sac | 2 (0.4) |
● Intra uterine sac | 138 (29) |
● Early miscarriagea | 18 (4) |
● Late miscarriageb | 4 (1) |
● Induced abortion | 1 (0) |
● Live birth | 115 (24) |
Embryo characteristics (n = 474) | Total |
● ≤ 5 cell stage | 46 (10) |
● 6-cell stage | 47 (10) |
● 7-cell stage | 102 (22) |
● 8- cell stage | 279 (59) |