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Table 1 Baseline characteristics (mean ± SD) of the three groups of women studied

From: Prognostic value of follicular fluid 25-OH vitamin D and glucose levels in the IVF outcome

 

Patient Groups (ff vitamin D, ng/ml)

P value

 

A (< 20)

B (20.1 - 30)

C (>30)

 

No of women

31

49

21

NS

Age (years)

35.76 + 5.8

36.35 + 4.5

36.58 + 5.8

NS

BMI (kg/m2)

23.8 + 2.6

24.2 + 3.1

24.5 + 3.5

NS

Serum vitamin D (ng/ml)

18.7 + 5.74

24.39 + 8.9

30.3 + 11.9

< 0.05

Serum glucose (mg/dl)

85.46 + 17.3

86.04 + 18.3

82.3 + 16.2

NS

ff glucose (mg/dl)

70.44 + 12.7

66.14 + 12.3

52.82 + 16.7

< 0.05

No of stimulation days

10.4 + 2.1

11.6 + 2.6

12.1 + 2.9

NS

No of FSH ampoules (75 IU each)

54.5 + 4.8

56.8 + 5.5

57.7 + 5.9

NS

No of oocytes

3.9 + 3.2

5.91 + 4.3

6.14 + 5

NS

CES

16.29 + 11.2

15.67 + 11.1

15 + 8.1

NS

MSEQ

7.96 + 2.6

7.02 + 2.5

5.6 + 3.6

< 0.05

CPR/woman

32.3% (10/31)

32.7% (16/49)

14.3% (3/21)

< 0.05

CPR/ET

40% (10/25)

38.1% (16/42)

15.8% (3/19)

< 0.05

  1. NS: not significant, BMI: body mass index, ff: follicular fluid, CES: cumulative embryo score, MSEQ: mean score of embryo quality, CPR: clinical pregnancy rate, ET: embryo transfer