Table 2.
Results of intrauterine inseminations as the function the couple status.
| Lack of a functional gamete | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absence of sperm exposure | Amenorrhea | Subfertile | Statistical comparison | |
| n | 170 | 12 | 645 | |
| Female age | 32.6 ± 4.1 | 31.9 ± 3.8 | 33.5 ± 4.0 | P<0.05 |
| Female primary infertility (%) | 141 (83) | 10 (83) | 485 (75) | NS |
| Duration of infertility (m) | 49 ± 30 | 41 ± 14.4 | 48 ± 22 | NS |
| Tobacco consumption (%) | ||||
| Never smoked | 88 (52) | 10 (83) | 374 (58) | |
| Current smoker | 38 (22) | 0 | 115 (18) | NS |
| Former smoker | 44 (26) | 2 (17) | 156 (24) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.4 ± 3.7 | 22.7 ± 4.3 | 22.5 ± 3.5 | P<0.05 |
| FSH (mIU/ml) | 6.9 ± 2.0 | 6.9 ± 2.3 | 7.1 ± 2.0 | NS |
| AMH (ng/ml) | 3.3 ± 2.8 | 11.6 ± 12.4 | 3.3 ± 2.9 | P<0.01 |
| AFC | 23 ± 12 | 31 ± 10 | 24 ± 14 | NS |
| Stimulation length (d) | 9.9 ± 4.1 | 22.2 ± 9.8 | 9.7 ± 4.8 | P<0.001 |
| Total number of administrated FSH units | 686 ± 360 | 1934 ± 1167 | 690 ± 471 | P<0.001 |
| Number of follicles ≥ 15mm | 1.3 ± 0.6 | 1.5 ± 0.7 | 1.4 ± 0.6 | NS |
| Number of inseminated motile spermatozoa (106) | 6.8 ± 5.2 | 20.9 ± 15.8 | 20.8 ± 25.7 | P<0.0001 |
| Biochemical pregnancies (βhCG > 100UI/ml) | 49 (29) | 4 (33) | 137 (21) | NS |
| Clinical pregnancies | 46 (27) | 3 (25) | 122 (19) | NS |
| N fetal heart activities (%) | ||||
| 1 | 42 (91) | 3 (100) | 111 (91) | |
| 2 | 4 (9) | 0 | 11 (9) | NS |
| ≥3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Live births (%) | 44 (27) | 3 (25) | 116 (18) | NS |