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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Reprod Biomed Online. 2015 Feb 24;30(6):602–612. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.02.005

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics.

WS-TCM Usual care ACU P-value
Non-donor cycles
 Group N 119 580 370
 Age a,b 35.0 ± 4.0 34.3 ± 4.3 34.9 ± 4.3 NS
 FSHa,b 10.9 ± 3.4 10.7 ± 3.1 11.2 ± 3.9 NS
Total antral follicle counta,b,f 8.0 ± 2.4 8.3 ± 2.5 7.9 ± 2.6 0.0497
 Primary infertilityc,d 48.0 51.4 52.7 NS
 Cause of infertilityc,d
  Male 40.0 36.6 35.4 NS
  Diminished ovarian reserve 31.1 20.9 27.3 0.01
  Endometriosis 10.1 11.9 12.7 NS
  Ovulatory dysfunction 17.7 20.7 21.6 NS
  Tubal 15.1 15.9 13.0 NS
  Uterine 6.7 5.9 5.2 NS
  Otherf 13.5 7.8 6.0 0.03
  Unknown 8.4 14.5 14.3 NS
  Multiple diagnoses 34.5 31.4 30.8 NS
 Cycle number c,d
  First cyclef 57.4 72.6 70.0 0.004
  Repeated cyclef 42.6 27.4 30.0 0.004
WS-TCM Usual care ACU P-value
Doner cycles
 Group N 21 104 37
 Primary infertilityc,d 47.6 34.6 45.9 NS
 Cause of infertility
  Malec,e 19.0 16.3 10.8 NS
  Diminished ovarian reservec,d 81.0 92.3 89.2 NS
  Endometriosisc,e 0.0 16.3 10.8 NS
  Ovulatory dysfunctionc,e 9.5 1.0 2.7 NS
  Tubalc,e 9.5 6.7 5.4 NS
  Uterinec,e 9.5 7.6 5.4 NS
  Otherc,e 4.8 9.6 8.1 NS
  Unknownc,e 0.0 0.0 0.0 NS
  Multiple diagnosesc,e,f 28.6 42.3 24.3 0.02
 Cycle number
  First cyclec,e 57.1 51.0 67.6 NS
  Repeated cyclec,e 42.9 49.0 32.4 NS
a

Data are mean ± SD

b

Analysis of variance

c

Data are proportion

d

chi-squared

e

Fisher's exact

f

Significant findings (P < 0.05).

ACU, women receiving acupuncture on day of embryo transfer; NS, not statistically significant; WS-TCM, Whole-systems traditional Chinese medicine.