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. 2019 May 8;10:282. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00282

Table 4.

ART outcomes women divided according to POSEIDON stratification.

Variable Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 p-value
Total FSH doses (IU/L) 2,182 ± 998 2,882 ± 1,127 3,282 ± 1,380 3,624 ± 1,329 <0.001
Total LH dose (IU/L) 50 ± 236 137 ± 406 219 ± 545 351 ± 654 <0.001
Oocytes retrieved 6.68 ± 1.91 6.38 ± 2.09 5.69 ± 2.22 5.13 ± 2.21 <0.001
FSH dose/oocytes ratio 380 ± 280 561 ± 520 779 ± 709 970 ± 874 <0.001
MII oocytes 5.11 ± 2.05 4.87 ± 2.02 4.21 ± 2.03 3.83 ± 1.97 <0.001
MII oocytes/oocytes retrieved 0.76 ± 0.22 0.76 ± 0.21 0.74 ± 0.23 0.75 ± 0.25 0.187
Injected oocytes 5.01 ± 2.01 4.74 ± 2.01 4.09 ± 2.02 3.74 ± 1.96 <0.001
Frozen oocytes 0.01 ± 0.17 0.07 ± 0.62 0.03 ± 0.39 0.03 ± 0.39 0.097
Fertilized oocytes 3.64 ± 1.92 3.46 ± 1.89 2.95 ± 1.89 2.65 ± 1.73 <0.001
Cumulative embryos 2.31 ± 1.14 2.36 ± 1.20 2.00 ± 1.15 2.05 ± 1.12 <0.001
Transferred embryos 1.69 ± 0.63 1.96 ± 0.99 1.59 ± 0.71 1.88 ± 0.99 <0.001
Frozen embryos 0.63 ± 1.00 0.40 ± 0.90 0.42 ± 0.85 0.17 ± 0.54 <0.001
Implantation rate 20.64 ± 35.17 13.03 ± 26.19 19.70 ± 26.19 10.57 ± 24.48 <0.001
Biochemical pregnancies n (%) 91 (30.1%) 199 (23.9%) 144 (29.1%) 500 (19.2%) <0.001
Deliveries n (%) 82 (27.1%) 136 (16.3%) 119 (24.0%) 334 (12.8%) <0.001
Miscarriage n (%)* 8 (2.6%) 59 (7.1%) 23 (4.6%) 158 (6.1%) <0.001
Miscarriage n (%)** 8 (8.8%) 59 (29.6%) 23 (16.0%) 158 (31.6%)
Ectopic pregnancies n (%)* 1 (0.3%) 4 (0.5%) 2 (0.4%) 9 (0.3%) <0.001
Ectopic pregnancies n (%)** 1 (1.1%) 4 (2.0%) 2 (1.4%) 9 (1.8%)

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number (percentage).

*

% Considering the total number of cycles.

**

% Considering the number of clinical pregnancies.

Bold values, represent statistical significant p-values.