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Table 1 Characteristic measurements of IVF/ICSI women

From: Matrix metalloproteinase 2 level in human follicular fluid is a reliable marker of human oocyte maturation in in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles

Number of patients

150

Age (years)

35.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.4

Serum estradiol (pg/ml)

2692ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1589

Serum progesterone (ng/ml)

0.73ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.54

Mean number of retrieved oocytes

10.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.8 (1504)

Mean number of MII oocytes

9.1ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.2 (1346)

MII oocyte ratio (%)

91.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14.9 (1346/1504)

Mean number of 2PN embryos

6.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.8 (956)

2PN embryo ratio (%)

71.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰24.2 (956/1346)

Mean number of D5 GB embryos

3.0ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.9 (430)

D5 GB embryo ratio (%)

35.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰33.9 (430/956)

MMPs in follicular fluid

Ā 

ā€ƒMMP-2 (Arbitrary units/Ī¼l)

18.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.51

ā€ƒMMP-9 (Arbitrary units/Ī¼l)

2.13ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.49

TIMPs in follicular fluid

Ā 

ā€ƒTIMP-1 (ng/ml)

117ā€‰Ā±ā€‰35

ā€ƒTIMP-2 (ng/ml)

54.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰15.5

  1. MII Metaphase II, 2PN Two pronuclei, D5 GB good-quality blastocysts on day 5 MMP Matrix metalloproteinase, TIMP Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase
  2. Values are expressed as the meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD. The values in parentheses indicate the numbers of oocytes or embryos