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. 2020 Nov 19;15(11):e0242377. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242377

Table 1. Timing of the kinetic variables from 2769 transferred embryos according to quartiles with LB-KID rates.

Occurrences of P < 0.001 are marked in bold.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Variable No of embryos
Limit
(Hours)
LB-KID
rate (%)
Limit
(Hours)
LB-KID
rate (%)
Limit
(Hours)
LB-KID
rate (%)
Limit
(Hours)
LB-KID
rate (%)
tPNf 1703 ≤ 22.57 25.4*** 22.58–24.46 23.2** 24.46–26.46 21.1 ≥ 26.47 8.5***
t2 2764 ≤ 25.37 24.8*** 25.38–27.20 20.6** 27.21–29.42 17.8 ≥ 29.43 8.8***
VPN 1700 ≤ 2.33 18.8 2.34–2.66 21.2 2.67–3.00 20.5 ≥ 3.01 17.9
t3 2542 ≤ 36.08 22.6** 36.09–38.40 22.1** 38.41–40.81 20.2 ≥ 40.82 12.5***
cc2 2542 ≤ 10.67 19.8 10.68–11.51 22.7** 11.52–12.34 20.5 ≥ 12.35 12.1***
t4 2428 ≤ 36.99 26.2*** 34.00–39.33 22.2 39.34–41.66 19.0 ≥ 41.67 12.2***
t4—t2 2426 ≤ 11.34 23.1** 11.35–12.30 23.3** 12.31–13.18 19.8 ≥ 13.19 13.4***
s2 2426 ≤ 0.33 23.7*** 0.34–0.66 18.8 0.67–1.17 22.1 ≥ 1.18 14.9***

*P < 0.05

**P < 0.01

*** P < 0.001. LB-KID: live birth- known implantation data. Variables grouped in quartiles: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.