Table 1.
Baseline patient features and pregnancy outcomes in the whole study population
|
Characteristics
|
G-CSF group (n = 242)
|
Non-G-CSF group (n = 130)
|
P
value
|
| Age (yr), mean ± SD | 34.23 ± 5.76 | 32.99 ± 5.59 | 0.047 |
| BMI (kg/cm2), mean ± SD | 21.35 ± 3.97 | 20.89 ± 2.63 | 0.182 |
| Average infertility years (yr), mean ± SD | 5.13 ± 1.75 | 4.92 ± 1.81 | 0.281 |
| Primary infertility cycle, n (%) | 79 (32.64) | 53 (40.77) | 0.118 |
| Secondary infertility cycle, n (%) | 163 (67.36) | 77 (59.23) | |
| Average endometrial thickness (mm), mean ± SD | 7.16 ± 0.40 | 7.18 ± 0.43 | 0.655 |
| Cycle with one transplanted embryo, n (%) | 71 (29.34) | 30 (23.08) | 0.195 |
| Cycle with two transplanted embryos, n (%) | 171 (70.66) | 100 (76.92) | |
| Cycle with blastula transplantation, n (%) | 97 (40.08) | 35 (26.92) | 0.011 |
| Cycle with cleavage stage embryo transplantation, n (%) | 145 (59.92) | 95 (73.08) | |
| Clinical pregnancy rate, % | 46.28 (112/242) | 51.54 (67/130) | 0.371 |
| Embryo implantation rate, % | 35.21 (144/409) | 35.65 (82/230) | 0.910 |
| Ectopic pregnancy rate, % | 2.68 (3/112) | 1.49 (1/67) | > 0.9991 |
| Early abortion rate, % | 14.29 (16/112) | 22.39 (15/67) | 0.166 |
1
Fisher’s exact test. G-CSF: Granular leukocyte-colony stimulating factor; BMI: Body mass index.