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Table 3.

Subgroup analysis of clinical PR according to age, DAF, embryo quality and quantity, ovarian stimulation protocol, and endometrial thickness in cleavage embryos/blastocysts FET cycles.

Variables Day 3 embryos Day 5 embryos
n/total n % P n/total n % P
Age, years 0.002 0.000
 ≤30 58/104 55.7 309/420 73.6
 31–37 101/184 54.8 223/369 60.4
 >37 6/29 20.6 31/53 58.5
DAF, mm 0.039 0.043
 ≤3 7/21 33.3 34/54 63.0
 3–15 153/280 55.0 485/708 68.5
 ≥15 5/16 31.3 44/80 55.0
Embryo quality and quantity 0.000
 SET day 3 (A/B) 16/49 32.7
 DET day 3 (B + B) 25/64 39.0
 DET day 3 (A + B) 53/99 53.5
 DET day 3 (A + A) 71/105 67.6
 SET day 5 (B) 42/87 48.2 0.000
 SET day 5 (A) 437/647 67.5
 DET day 5 (A/B+ A/B) 84/108 77.8
Ovarian stimulation protocol 0.152 0.342
 GnRH antagonist protocol 78/154 50.6 318/463 68.6
 Luteal phase short-acting long protocol 59/104 56.7 173/276 62.6
 Follicular phase long-acting long protocol 18/30 60.0 64/92 69.5
 Others 10/29 34.5 8/11 72.7
Endometrial thickness, mm 0.010 0.021
 <4 3/15 20 26/50 52.0
 ≥4 162/302 53.6 537/792 67.8

‘A’ presents high-quality embryo; ‘B’ presents non-high-quality embryo.

DAF, distance from the air bubble to endometrial cavity fundus; DET, double embryos transfer; PR, pregnancy rate; SET, single embryo transfer.