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. 2013 Nov 8;31(2):185–194. doi: 10.1007/s10815-013-0129-4

Table 3.

Multivariable logistic regression model for predicting live birth and relative importance of predictors

Variable Name Odds ratios (95%CI) P-value Marginal PEV (%) Partial PEV (%)
Number of good-quality embryos transferred <0.0001a 3.03 1.87
 3 2.89[1.83–4.56] <0.0001b
 2 2.77[1.97–3.91] <0.0001b
 1 1.57[1.07–2.30] 0.021b
 0 1
Progesterone on the day of hCG injection 1.41* 1.00*
 ≥1.2 0.59[0.48–0.73] <0.0001
 <1.2 1
Endometrial thickness <0.0001a 1.37* 0.86*
 ≥13 1.92[1.46–2.52] <0.0001b
 [10,13) 1.34[1.11–1.63] 0.002b
 <10 1
Age <0.0001a 1.76* 0.76*
 ≥35 0.48[0.33–0.69] <0.0001b
 [30,35) 0.81[0.64–1.03] 0.084b
 [28,30) 1.07[0.82–1.39] 0.640b
 <28 1
E2 on the day of hCG injection <0.0001a 0.77*** 0.52*
 ≥4000 0.80[0.63–1.01] 0.064b
 [2500,4000) 1.27[1.04–1.57] 0.022b
 <2500 1
Duration of infertility 0.097a 0.76*** 0.27**
 ≥8 0.72[0.53–0.98] 0.036b
 [5,8) 0.90[0.70–1.16] 0.431b
 [2.5,5) 1.02[0.81–1.30] 0.840b
 <2.5 1
Basal serum E2 level
 ≥35 0.81[0.68–0.96] 0.016 0.25*** 0.21**
 <35 1
Number of embryos transferred 0.087a 1.35** 0.15**
 3 2.23[1.05–4.73] 0.036b
 2 1.94[0.92–4.11] 0.083b
 1 1
LH on the day of hCG injection
 ≥2 1.23[0.98–1.54] 0.071 0.25*** 0.11**
 <2 1

a P-value of type 3 chi-square test for each variable’s overall effects after adjusting for the other variables

b P-value of chi-square test between each variable’s subgroups and reference group

***Significantly different from relative importance of number of good-quality embryos transferred at α = 0.001 level

**Significantly different from relative importance of number of good-quality embryos transferred at α = 0.01 level

*Significantly different from relative importance of number of good-quality embryos transferred at α = 0.05 level