Table 1. Evaluated parameters of all women undergoing IVF/ICSI during the study period divided based on the diagnosis of endometriosis.
| Parameter | Endometriosis | Control | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | N | p* | |
| Age | 34.4 | 4.3 | 241 | 34.5 | 4.5 | 546 | 0.7 |
| BMI | 24.2 | 4.0 | 225 | 25.1 | 4.2 | 525 | 0.01 |
| Median | IQR | N | Median | IQR | N | p ** | |
| AFC | 8.0 | 4–13 | 233 | 12.0 | 7–20 | 509 | < 0.001 |
| Number of oocytes retrieved | 4.0 | 2–8 | 241 | 6.0 | 3–10 | 546 | < 0.001 |
| % | n | N | % | n | N | p *** | |
| Proportion of women with AFC ≤ 6 | 39.8% | 96 | 241 | 22.7% | 124 | 546 | < 0.001 |
| Cycle cancelled - poor response | 6.2% | 15 | 241 | 2.7% | 15 | 546 | 0.03 |
| Underwent OR | 92.5% | 223 | 241 | 97.1% | 530 | 546 | 0.007 |
| Underwent ET | 77.2% | 186 | 241 | 83.2% | 454 | 546 | 0.06 |
| Women with surplus embryos | 32.0% | 77 | 241 | 42.1% | 230 | 546 | 0.007 |
| Clinical pregnancy | 22.4% | 54 | 241 | 27.5% | 150 | 546 | 0.2 |
| Live birth | 19.1% | 46 | 241 | 22.5% | 123 | 546 | 0.3 |
| COS | |||||||
| FSH + Ant | 63.1% | 152 | 241 | 72.7% | 397 | 546 | 0.01 |
| FSH + Ago | 22.8% | 55 | 241 | 19.4% | 106 | 546 | |
| CC + FSH + Ant | 14.1% | 34 | 241 | 7.9% | 43 | 546 | |
Abbreviations: AFC, antral follicle count; Ago, agonist protocol; Ant, antagonist protocol; BMI, body mass index; CC, clomiphene citrate; COS, controlled ovarian stimulation; ET, embryo transfer; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; IQR, interquartile range; n, number of events; N, number of woman analyzed; OR, oocyte retrieval; SD, standard deviation.
Notes: *p values calculated by unpaired t-test; **p values calculated by Mann-Whitney test; ***p values calculated by Fisher exact test or Chi-square (χ2) test.