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. 2017 Nov 16;17:112. doi: 10.1186/s12905-017-0457-0

Table 3.

Characteristics of IVF treatment and outcome according to BMIa

Body mass index groups p value
Underweight Normal weight Overweight
No of started cycles 16 (10.26%) 111 (71.15%) 29 (18.59%) NA
Stimulation duration (in days) 10.31 ± 1.08 9.83 ± 1.48 10.83 ± 2.05 0.009
GnRH-a 6 (37.5%) 50 (45.04%) 12 (41.37%) 0.821
GnRH-an 10 (62.5%) 61 (54.96%) 17 (58.63%)
E2 on triggering day (pmol/ml) 6.158 ± 2.836 5.673 ± 2.769 5.244 ± 2.876 0.599
Total gonadotropin dose (IU) 3.134 ± 1.034 3.019 ± 0.987 3.240 ± 1.252 0.580
Cancelled cycles 0 (0%) 3 (1.92%) 1 (0.64%) 0.626
Retrieved oocytes 6.13 ± 4.13 6.26 ± 3.36 6.25 ± 3.06 0.880§
GQ oocytes 3.50 ± 2.22 3.97 ± 2.44 4.25 ± 2.22 0.476§
Quality of embryos
 Top 2.38 ± 1.56 2.90 ± 1.92 2.50 ± 1.54 0.578§
 Good 1.90 ± 1.60 2.02 ± 1.29 1.47 ± 0.61 0.306§
 Poor 2.00 1.54 ± 0.88 1.50 ± 0.71 NA
 Bad 1.00 1.00 1.00 NA
Transferred embryos 2.13 ± 0.89 1.93 ± 1.15 2.22 ± 0.93 0.589§
Total No of embryos 4.17 ± 1.83 3.67 ± 2.51 3.94 ± 2.01 0.706§
Without ET 1 (6.25%) 19 (17.11%) 2 (6.89%) 0.502
ET Cleavage (day2) 9 (56.25%) 58 (52.25%) 16 (55.17%) 0.502
6 (37.5%) 27 (24.32%) 7 (24.13%)
ET Blastocyst stage 0 (0%) 3 (2.7%) 2 (6.89%)
Biochemical Pregnancy Rate 5 (31.25%) 45 (40.54%) 13 (44.82%) 0.298
Clinical Pregnancy Rate 5 (31.25%) 43 (38.73%) 11 (37.93%) 0.770
Ongoing Pregnancy Rate 5 (31.25%) 39 (35.13%) 11 (37.93%) 0.822

aNumber with % in brackets or mean ± SD or %. ANOVA. Chi-square. §Kruskal-Wallis test. NA non applicable