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Mean age (yr)
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34 ± 3.0
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35 ± 4.1
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0.58
|
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Weight (kg)
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53.4 ± 3.0
|
54.3 ± 7.4
|
0.80
|
|
FSH (mIU/mL)
|
6.7 ± 2.3
|
6.9 ± 2.8
|
0.86
|
|
LH (mIU/mL)
|
4.2 ± 1.9
|
4.3 ± 2.1
|
0.89
|
|
Duration of Infertility (yr)
|
5.7 ± 2.8
|
6.4 ± 2.9
|
0.58
|
|
Total number of previously transferred embryos
|
5.0 ± 2.2
|
7.8 ± 3.0
|
0.06
|
|
Total number of previously IVF/ICSI cycles
|
2.8 ± 0.8
|
2.8 ± 0.9
|
0.88
|
|
Length of stimulation (day)
|
8.7 ± 1.0
|
9.2 ± 1.1
|
0.24
|
|
Total units of gonadotropin administrated (IU)
|
1570 ± 377
|
2206 ± 513
|
0.01
|
|
Endometrium thickness on the day of hCG administration (mm)
|
10.3 ± 2.0
|
9.8 ± 2.1
|
0.62
|
|
E2 levels on the day of hCG administration (pg/mL)
|
1623 ± 550
|
1822 ± 1078
|
0.67
|
|
Number of oocytes retrieved
|
11.3 ± 2.9
|
13.5 ± 7.4
|
0.50
|
|
Number of fertilizations
|
7.2 ± 4.6
|
6.3 ± 4.0
|
0.66
|
|
Fertilization rate (%)
|
59 ± 29
|
50 ± 22
|
0.45
|
|
Number of all embryos
|
3.8 ± 2.3
|
4.8 ± 2.0
|
0.32
|
|
Number of embryos transferred
|
2.7 ± 1.2
|
3.0 ± 0.5
|
0.29
|
|
Implantation rate (sac number/transferred embryo)
|
56%
|
21%
|
0.01
|
|
Pregnancy rate (clinical pregnancy/per ET)
|
100%
|
46%
|
0.04
|
|
Early abortion rate (abortion before 12 wks/total pregnancy)
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0% (0/6)
|
27% (3/11)
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