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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 4.

Reproductive outcomes logistic regression analysis (odds ratio and 95% confidence interval).

Outcome Cycle type WS-TCM versus all WS-TCM versus usual care WS-TCM versus ACU ACU versus usual care
Live birth Non-donor 1.93, 1.27 to 2.92a,h 2.09, 1.36 to 3.21b,h 1.62, 1.04 to 2.52c,h 1.24, 0.94 to 1.64d
Donor 3.72, 1.05 to 13.24e,h 3.6, 1.00 to 13.01e 4.09, 1.02 to 16.38e,h 0.74, 0.35 to 1.58e
Biochemical pregnancy Non-donor 0.27, 0.08 to 0.86e,h 0.28, 0.09 to 0.91f,h 0.25, 0.07 to 0.82e,h 1.30, 0.83 to 2.03e
Donorh 0.54, 0.07 to 4.36e 0.55, 0.06 to 4.74g 0.57, 0.06 to 5.82e 1.01, 0.26 to 3.90e
Spontaneous abortion Non-donorh 0.60, 0.27 to 1.34e 0.50, 0.22 to 1.13e 0.79, 0.34 to 1.87e 0.72, 0.45 to 1.14e
Donorh 0.34, 0.04 to 2.70e 0.38, 0.05 to 3.12e 0.26, 0.03 to 2.31e 1.67, 0.59 to 4.75e
a

Adjusted odds ratio comparing WS-TCM with all groups with previous IVF, age and gonadotrophin dosage as covariates.

b

Adjusted odds ratio comparing WS-TCM with usual care, with previous IVF and gonadotrophin dosage as covariates.

c

Adjusted odds ratio comparing WS-TCM with ACU with age and gonadotrophin dosage as covariates.

d

Adjusted odds ratio comparing isual care with ACU with prior IVF, age, and gonadotrophin dosage as covariates.

e

unadjusted odds ratio.

f

Adjusted odds ratio comparing WS-TCM with usual care, with FSH, and gonadotrophin dosage as covariates.

g

Adjusted odds ratio comparing WS-TCM with usual care, with number of embryos transferred as covariate.

h

Significant outcomes.

ACU, day of embryo transfer acupuncture only; usual care, usual IVF care; WS-TCM, whole-systems traditional Chinese medicine.