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. 2013 Jan 18;11:4. doi: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-4

Table 1.

Effects of endometriotic fluid exposure on oocyte fertilization rate, subsequent cleavage of the zygotes, and blastocyst formation (n = 862 oocytes)

Outcome Endometriotic fluid (%) Serum (%) PBS (%) Medium (%) Pa
Fertilization
100/231
105/207
110/211
110/213
0.199
 
(43.3%)
(50.7%)
(52.1%)
(51.6%)
 
Cleavage rateb
82/100
89/105
97/110
96/110
0.581
 
(82.0%)
(84.8%)
(88.2%)
(87.3%)
 
Blastocyst formationb, c
49/100
53/105
67/110
64/110
0.229
 
(58.2%)
(49.0%)
(50.5%)
(60.9%)
 
Hatching/hatched blastocystb
10/100
9/105
22/110
23/110
0.015
  (10.0%) (8.6%) (20.0%) (20.9%)  

aChi-Square.

bCalculated from fertilized oocytes (zygotes).

cEarly, partial, full, expanding, hatching and hatched blastocysts are included in “Blastocyst formation”.