Table 2.

Cycle characteristics.

	WS-TCM	Usual care	ACU	P-value
Non-donor cycles
Group, n	119	580	370
Number of days stimulateda,b	9.8 ± 1.2	9.9 ± 1.2	9.9 ± 1.3	NS
Total gonadotrophin dose, IUa,b	3959.3 ± 1503.6	3721.6 ± 1515.6	3932.1 ± 1580.1	NS
Peak oestradiol, pg/mla,b	3153.7 ± 1781.8	3211.0 ± 1644.0	3017.0 ± 1634.0	NS
Endometrial thickness, mma,b	10.9 ± 2.4	11.2 ± 2.4	11.2 ± 2.2	NS
Number of mature oocytes obtaineda,b,f	14.0 ± 8.7	15.7 ± 9.1	14.2 ± 8.0	0.02
OHSS c,d	8.4	9.5	7.1	NS
Fertilization methodc,d
Conventional	47.1	51.0	46.3	NS
ICSI	48.7	46.2	49.3	NS
Mixed	4.2	2.8	4.3	NS
Pre-implantation genetic screeningc,d	13.5	9.3	6.5	NS
Number of embryos transferreda,b,f	2.9 ± 1.2	2.6 ± 1.1	2.8 ± 1.1	0.003
Day of embryo transferc,d
Day 3	64.7	59.7	65.7	NS
Day 5	35.3	40.3	34.3	NS
Mean number of acupuncture visitsa	12.0 ±12.4
Donor cycles
Group, N	21	104	37
Peak oestradiol, pg/mla,b	4303.9 ±2130.5	4250.3 ±2035.4	4428.4 ±2660.4	NS
Endometrial thickness, mma,b	9.7 ±2.0	10.5 ±2.1	10.0 ±2.0	NS
Number of mature oocytes obtained from donora,b,f	18.6 ±8.0	21.7 ±8.7	26.4 ±11.2	0.005
Fertilization method
Conventionalc,d	57.1	60.6	67.6	NS
ICSIc,e	38.1	33.7	27.0	NS
Mixedc,e	4.8	5.8	5.4	NS
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis Testingc,e	4.8	10.6	8.3	NS
Number of embryos transferred a,b	2.2 ±0.7	2.2 ±0.7	1.9 ±0.6	NS
Day of embryo transfer
Day 3c,e	23.8	38.5	24.3	NS
Day 5c,d	76.2	61.5	76.7	NS
Mean number of acupuncture visitsa	10.6 ±13.6

^aData are mean ± SD

^bAnalysis of variance

^cData are proportions

^dchi-squared

^eFisher exact

^fSignificant findings (P < 0.05)

ICSI, intracytoplasmic injection; OHSS, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome