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. 2021 Jul 26;38(10):2671–2678. doi: 10.1007/s10815-021-02284-0

Table 2.

Cycle characteristics

Did not survive warming (n = 175) Survived warming (n = 5992) p value
Ovarian stimulation protocol 0.38
  GnRH antagonist 90.3% (158/175) 86.7% (5195/5992)
  GnRH agonist downregulation 2.3% (4/175) 2.4% (146/5992)
  Microdose GnRH agonist 7.4% (13/175) 10.9% (651/5992)
Year of cycle  < 0.001
  Before 2015 24.6% (43/175) 13.2% (790/5992)
  2015 and after 75.4% (132/175) 86.8% (5202/5992)
Cumulative gonadotropin dose (IU) 3365.8 ± 1274.6 3465.2 ± 1290.2 0.32
Estradiol at surge (pg/mL) 2754.8 ± 1390.2 2523.1 ± 1190.6 0.03
Progesterone at surge (ng/mL) 1.0 ± 0.9 0.9 ± 0.6 0.15
Oocytes retrieved 19.6 ± 10.7 17.5 ± 9.8 0.005
Fertilization method 0.12
  Conventional 0.0% (0/175) 1.6% (94/5976)
  ICSI 100.0% (175/175) 98.4% (5882/5976)
Cleavage stage—cell number 8.8 ± 2.1 8.7 ± 1.8 0.45
Cleavage stage—% fragmentation 2.0 ± 4.2 2.7 ± 5.4 0.09
Day of embryo development at cryopreservation  < 0.001
  5 37.7% (66/175) 58.3% (3494/5992)
  6 53.1% (93/175) 38.7% (2319/5992)
  7 9.1% (16/175) 3.0% (179/5992)
Number of trophectoderm biopsies  < 0.001
  1 93.1% (163/175) 97.7% (5857/5992)
  2 6.9% (12/175) 2.3% (135/5992)
Number of times vitrified and warmed 0.19
  1 99.4% (174/175) 97.6% (5850/5992)
  2 0.6% (1/175) 2.4% (142/5992)
Embryo sex 0.74
  Male 47.7% (83/174) 49.3% (2941/5969)
  Female 52.3% (91/174) 50.7% (3028/5969)
Expansion grade  < 0.001
  2 0.0% (0/175) 0.0% (1/5992)
  3 0.0% (0/175) 0.2% (10/5992)
  4 29.1% (51/175) 49.7% (2980/5992)
  5 29.7% (52/175) 37.9% (2269/5992)
  6 41.1% (72/175) 12.2% (732/5992)
ICM grade  < 0.001
  A 59.4% (104/175) 65.0% (3892/5992)
  B 25.1% (44/175) 27.3% (1635/5992)
  C 15.4% (27/175) 7.7% (460/5992)
  D 0.0% (0/0) 0.001% (3/5992)
Trophectoderm grade 0.02
  A 49.1% (86/175) 39.3% (2350/5981)
  B 32.6% (57/175) 42.4% (2535/5981)
  C 18.3% (32/175) 18.3% (1096/5981)
  D 0.0% (0/0) 0.002% (10/5981)