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. 2014 Apr 14;9(4):e94956. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094956

Table 3. Clinical data on frozen-thawed blastocysts transfer cycles divided according to the type of treatment; IVF and ICSI.

SDF IVF ICSI
≤30% >30% ≤30% >30%
Cycles included (n) 503 22 88 40
Female age(years± SD) 31.4±3.9 32.5±3.9 30.9±4.6 30.6±4.0
Male age(years± SD) 33.5±4.5 35.8±5.6 33.9±4.9 33.8±3.8
Oocytes retrieved(n± SD) 13.6±6.2 15.8±7.5 13.0±5.8 13.6±4.7
Oocytes fertilized(n ± SD) 9.5±4.3 11.6±4.2 8.9±4.3 8.6±3.3
Embryos frozen(n± SD) 3.2±2.2 3.9±3.7 3.02±1.88 2.23±1.31
Embryo transplant(n± SD) 1.8±0.5 1.9±0.5 1.7±0.5 1.8±0.4
SDF 12.4±6.4b 40.9±11.6 16.3±7.1b 43.5±12.4
Sperm concentration(×106/ml) 92.8±68.2 51.4±73.1 58.0±58.9b 19.6±37.2
Sperm motility (%) 61.0±15.7b 34.1±19.4 47.9±21.6a 27.1±18.6
Sperm morphology 8.5±3.5 7.2±4.7 6.7±4.3 4.3±3.4
Implantation rate 35.58(306/860) 30.76(12/39) 28.76(42/146) 32.31(21/65)
a

P<0.05, b P<0.01 for comparison with the SDF >30% group.