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. 2013 Jul 31;7(2):100–107.

Table 1.

Pregnancy rates per cycle according to etiology


Parameters٭ Male factor Ovarian factor Unexplained Tuboperitoneal Multiple factors

Female age (Y)
<30 21.3 (13/61) 12.1 (5/ 41) 30.7( 20/65) 20 (2/10) 9.4 (5/53)
30-34 22.5 (25/111) 20.8 (20/96) 27.2 (30/110) 24.1 (7/29) 14.7 (10/68)
35-39 16.1 (19/118) 14.5 (14/96) 12.9 (20/ 155) 20 (6/30) 8.7(5/57)
≥40 5.7 (2/35) 5.8 (5/85) 14 (10/71) 6.8 (2/29) 7.1(2/28)
Male age ( Y)
≤30 14 (10/71) 9.7 (8/82) 21.9 (20/91) 16.6 (3/ 18) 8.6 (5/58)
30-34 20.4 (20/98) 17.9 (12/67) 25 (20/80) 20 (4/20) 9.3 (7/75)
35-39 21.2 (21/99) 15.3 (15/98) 18.2 (30/164) 19.5 (8/41) 16.6 (8/48)
>40 14 (8/57) 14.7 (9/61) 15.1 (10/66) 11.7 (2/17) 8 (2/25)
Infertility duration ( Y)
1-3 22.4 (24/107) 20.8 (20/96) 26.5 (39/147) 33.3 (8/24) 22.5 (9/40)
3-5 20 (21/105) 17.8 (12/66) 23.9 (23/96) 26 (6/23) 9.5 (8/84)
≥5 12.3 (14/113) 7.6 (12/156) 11.4 (18/158) 5.8 (3/51) 6 (5/82)
Type of infertility
Primary 21.1 (44/208) 14.1 (30/212) 17.8 (55/308) 18.7 (6/32) 10.5 (15/142)
Secondary 12.8 (15/117) 14.5 (14/96) 26.8 (25/93) 16.6 (11/66) 10.9 (7/64)
Cycle number
1 10.8 (10/ 92) 12.8 (10/78) 21.7 (25/115) 36 (9/25) 17.2 (5/29)
2 18.2 (27/148) 15.1 (23/152) 20.5 (30/146) 11.1 (4/36) 12.5 (13/104)
3 28.9 (20/69) 11.9 (10/84) 17.5 (20/114) 9 (3/33) 5 (3/60)
≥4 12.5 (2/16) 25 (1/4) 19.2 (5/26) 25 (1/4) 7.7 (1/13)
Stimulation regimen
Clomiphene citrate 14.5 (23/159) 13.2 (20/152) 16.2 (25/154) 17.5 (10/57) 9.7 (11/113)
hMG 9 (1/11) 7.6 (2/23) 13.1 (10/76) 0 (0/11) 6.2 (1/16)
Combination 22.6 (35/155) 15.4 (22/143) 26.3 (45/171) 23.3 (7/30) 12.9 (10/77)
Follicle number
1 8 (5/ 62) 3.7 (3/80) 9.8 (12/122) 0 (0/ 38) 6.4 (5/78)
2 23.9 (27/113) 18.2 (25/137) 24.8 (33/ 133) 18.7 (3/16) 12.1 (10/82)
3 19.6 (10/51) 19.6 (12/61) 28.7 (23/80) 25 (7/28) 16.6 (5/30)
≥4 17.1 (17/99) 10 (4/40) 18.1 (12/66) 43.7 (7/16) 12.5 (2/16)
Sperm count (×106)
1- 5 15.2 (20/131) 0 (0/7)
5.1–10 20.1 (39/194) 4 (2/ 50) 8.9 (2/23) 10 (1/10) 6.8 (6/86)
10.1–20 12.5(9/72) 17.9 (14/78) 11.1 (3/26) 10.3 (6/58)
20.1–30 15.8 (10/63) 20 (20/100) 17.8 (5/28) 19 (4/21)
≥30 17.2 (23/133) 22 (44/200) 23.5 (8/34) 17.6 (6/34)
Overall PR 18.1 (59/ 325) 13.8 (44/318) 19.9 (80/401) 17.3 (17/98) 10.6 (22/206)
P value: 0.04

*; Values were presented as % (number of pregnancy /number f cycles).