Table 3.
Baseline patient features and pregnancy outcomes in cycles with blastula transplantation after propensity score matching based on age and blastula/cleavage stage embryo ratio
|
Characteristics (blastula)
|
G-CSF group (n = 35)
|
Non-G-CSF group (n = 35)
|
P
value
|
| Age (yr), mean ± SD | 31.26 ± 4.80 | 31.71 ± 4.46 | 0.686 |
| BMI (kg/cm2), mean ± SD | 21.93 ± 2.41 | 21.01 ± 2.65 | 0.133 |
| Average infertility years (yr), mean ± SD | 4.68 ± 1.91 | 4.80 ± 1.98 | 0.797 |
| Primary infertility cycle, n (%) | 13 (37.14) | 16 (45.71) | 0.467 |
| Secondary infertility cycle, n (%) | 22(72.86) | 19(54.29) | |
| Average endometrial thickness (mm), mean ± SD | 7.10 ± 0.53 | 7.07 ± 0.54 | 0.815 |
| Cycle with one transplanted embryo, n (%) | 16 (45.71) | 14 (40.00) | 0.233 |
| Cycle with two transplanted embryos, n (%) | 19 (54.29) | 21 (60.00) | |
| Clinical pregnancy rate, % | 68.57 (24/35) | 57.14 (20/35) | 0.322 |
| Embryo implantation rate, % | 57.41 (31/54) | 44.64 (25/56) | 0.181 |
| Ectopic pregnancy rate, % | 4.17 (1/24) | 0 (0/20) | > 0.9991 |
| Early abortion rate, % | 20.83 (5/24) | 22.50 (5/20) | 0.9742 |
1
Fisher’s exact test.
2
Corrective Chi-square test. G-CSF: Granular leukocyte-colony stimulating factor; BMI: body mass index.