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Table 2 Comparison of clinical outcomes of Day 5, 6, and 7 blastocyst transfers

From: Is day 7 culture necessary for in vitro fertilization of cryopreserved/warmed human oocytes?

Transfer categories

No. of ET

Positive β-hCG (%)

Clinical pregnancy (%)

Ongoing pregnancy (%)

No. of embryos transferred

Implanted/transferred embryos (%)

Day 5 blast

39

26 (66.7%)

24(61.5%)

22 (56.4%)

1.10 ± 0.31

24/43 (55.8%)

Day 6 blast

9

4 (44.4%)

3 (33.3%)

3 (33.3%)

1.0 ± 0.0

3/9 (33.3%)

Day 7 blast

3

3 (100%)

3 (100%)

2 (66.7%)

1.33 ± 0.58

4/4 (100%)

P valuea

NA

0.4

0.23

0.41

0.60

0.18

  1. aNo Statistical differences were observed among Days 5, 6 and 7 blastocysts in terms of β-hCG, clinical pregnancy, ongoing pregnancy rates, mean number of embryos transferred and embryo implantation rates