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. 2008 Jan 18;25(1):1–5. doi: 10.1007/s10815-007-9193-y

Table 3.

Oocyte quality in myotonic dystrophy and control groups

Variable Myotonic dystrophy (n = 15) Control (n = 39) p value
No. of metaphase II oocytes 10.50 ± 3.23 11.26 ± 4.41 NS
Percent of metaphase II oocytes 91 80 NS
No. of oocyte with normal cytoplasmic morphology 4.15 ± 3.30 5.69 ± 2.74 NS
Central granular cytoplasm (%) 2.94 ± 2.04 2.78 ± 2.04 NS
Evenly granular cytoplasm (%) 2.00 ± 1.75 2.30 ± 2.05 NS
Refractile body (%) 0.39 ± 0.85 0.63 ± 1.19 NS
Aggregation sER (%) 0.02 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 NS
Vacuolization (%) 0.33 ± 0.69 0.28 ± 0.56 NS
Fragmented polar body (%) 4.50 ± 2.36 5.38 ± 2.72 NS
Abnormal zona pellucida (%) 0.17 ± 0.51 0.50 ± 1.54 NS
No. of two pronucleated oocytes 8.9 ± 4.0 7.3 ± 3.8 NS

Values are expressed as mean ± SD.

NS Not significant