Table 3.
Participants’ view about elective oocyte cryopreservation (OC) and results of elective OC
|
N (%) or Mean ± SD (min, max) (N = 91) |
|
|---|---|
| Willing to pursue elective OC? | |
| Yes | 75 (86) |
| Not sure | 12 (14) |
| Reason for pursuing elective OCa | |
| Lack of partner | 36 (46) |
| Professional reasons | 15 (15) |
| ‘insurance’ against future infertility | 47 (59) |
| Optimal age that you think for pursuing elective OC (years) | |
| < 35 | 33 (38) |
| 35~37 | 48 (56) |
| > 37 | 5 (5) |
| How do you think you will feel if you fail to get pregnant through elective OC? | |
| Desperate | 15 (17) |
| Disappointed but tolerable | 68 (78) |
| Acceptable | 6 (7) |
| Totally fine | 0 |
| Pursued elective OC | 62 (68) |
| Age (years) | 37.1 ± 4.6 (23, 46) |
| Basal AMH (ng/mL) | 1.8 ± 1.6 (0.02, 6.06) |
| No. of elective OC cycles performed per patient | 1.5 ± 1.2 (1, 8) |
| No. of frozen oocytes per patient | 10.5 ± 8.3 (0, 30) |
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