Table 3. Comparison of various variables between pregnant and non-pregnant women following ICSI at Khartoum, Sudan.
| Variable | Pregnancy
(n=40) |
No pregnancy
(n=151) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, year | 29.8(4.7) | 33.5(6.3) | 0.001 |
| Body mass index, kg/cm 2 | 28.6(6.6) | 28.8(5.7) | 0.825 |
| Duration of infertility, years | 5.8(3.1) | 6.9(4.7) | 0.174 |
| Follicle stimulating hormone, IU/l | 7.2(3.0) | 7.6(3.3) | 0.501 |
| Luteinizing hormone, IU/l | 5.8(9.1) | 4.4(2.7) | 0.109 |
| Days of stimulation | 11.4(2.4) | 11.1(1.9) | 0.354 |
| Endometrial thickness, mm | 11.5(2.2) | 10.2(1.7) | 0.005 |
| 17 beta-estradiol at triggering, Pg/ml | 3326(2710) | 2878(2379) | 0.305 |
| Eggs collected | 11.6(8.0) | 9.3(7.3) | 0.082 |
| Fertilized ovum | 7.2(5.6) | 5.3(4.7) | 0.028 |
| Egg transfer, | 3.2(0.7) | 2.8(1.0) | 0.016 |
| Days of transfer | 3.9(0.8) | 3.7(0.8) | 0.139 |