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. 2020 Oct-Dec;21(4):259–268. doi: 10.18502/jri.v21i4.4330

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the oxidative stress, mitochondrial alteration, fertilization and developmental developmental rates in the mouse MII oocytes preincubated at different times and in different media

Variables No of oocytes Control 4 hr preincubaton 8 hr preincubation ANOVA/kruskal wallis p-value

Simple medium Supplemented medium Simple medium Supplemented medium
ROS level (pixel/oocyte) 40 13.01±1.78 47.17±3.79 20.26±2.25 63.19±4.29 49.24±4.29 ˂0.001
GSH level (pixel/oocyte) 40 77.29±3.57 49.39±4.76 67.67±4.28 16.73±2.65 43.41±5.87 <0.001
Amount of mitochondria (pixel/oocyte) 40 80.16±1.64 60.34±4.63 79.90±4.99 44.90±6.04 57.00±2.81 <0.001
MMP (red/green ratio/oocyte) 40 0.50±0.07 0.46±0.01 0.47±0.02 0.33±0.02 0.35±0.03 <0.001
ATP content (ng/ml ) 45 106.25±10.33 109.58±14.01 141.41±6.21 106.08±15.10 159.41±9.64 <0.001
Fertilization rate 100 84.64±4.02 78.90±1.11 82.95±3.55 66.92±2.66 77.23±2.02 <0.001
Cleavage rate 32.05±0.64 25.44±1.64 31.35±1.12 16.92±1.16 18.89±0.68 <0.001

ROS: Reactive oxygen species, GSH: Glutathione, ATP: Adenosine triphosphate. Results are presented as mean±SD