Table 3 Reported pregnancy rates in infertile women above age 40
From: The “graying” of infertility services: an impending revolution nobody is ready for
Author | IUI/IVF | % pregnancies | % live births | Year of reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Spandorfer et al.1[50] | IVF | 21.2 | 3.1 | 2007 |
Tsafrir et al.[45] | IUI/IVF | 2009 | ||
Age 40 | 13.9 | 9.1 | ||
Age 45 | 2.8 | 0.7 | ||
Schimberni et al.[51] | IVF | 2009 | ||
Per cycle | 5.8 | |||
Per transfer | 10.5 | |||
Hourvitz et al.[35] | IVF | 2009 | ||
Age 42 | 7.7 | |||
Age 43 | 5.4 | |||
Age 44 | 1.9 | |||
Marinakis and Nikolaou[36] | IVF | 2011 | ||
Age 40-42 | 11.0 | |||
Age 43-44 | 4.6 | |||
Age >44 | < 4.0 | |||
Ninimäki et al.2[7] | IVF | 2012 | ||
1 embryo ET | 19.5 | 11.0 | ||
2 embryo ET | 23.5 | 13.6 |