The presence of partial compaction patterns is associated with lower rates of blastocyst formation, sub-optimal morphokinetic parameters and poorer morphologic grade

Table 4 Comparison of the presence of decompaction and re-compaction by compaction pattern

	CP-Full n = 128	P-Extruded n = 35	P-Excluded n = 83	P-Both n = 35	p-value
Presence of decompaction/re-compaction episode(s)					*0.007*^c
No	43 (33.6) ³	9 (25.7) ³	44 (53.0) ¹²	17 (48.6)
Yes	85 (66.4)	26 (74.3)	39 (47.0)	18 (51.4)
Assocociated w/ cell division					*< 0.001*^c
No	86 (67.2)	16 (45.7) ³⁴	69 (83.1) ²	30 (85.7) ²
Yes	42 (32.8)	19 (54.3)	14 (16.9)	5 (14.3)
Multiple decompaction episodes					0.056^c
No	98 (76.6)	28 (80.0)	72 (86.7)	33 (94.3)
Yes	30 (23.4)	7 (20.0)	11 (13.3)	2 (5.7)

Statistics presented as n (%). p-value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant. ^cPearson’s chi-square test
¹Significantly different from CP-F; ²Significantly different from P-extruded; ³Significantly different from P-Excluded; ⁴Significantly different from P-Both. Post-hoc pairwise comparisons were done using Bonferroni adjustment

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