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. 2021 Dec 8;12:788000. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.788000

Table 1.

Baseline and cycle characteristics among patients with PCOS.

Parameter BMI<24 kg/m2 (N = 1339) BMI≥24 kg/m2 (N = 1029) P-value
Maternal age (years) 29.0 (27.0, 32.0) 30.0 (27.0, 33.0) <0.001
Paternal age (years) 30.0 (28.0, 33.0) 31.0 (28.0, 34.0) <0.001
Duration of infertility (years) 3.0 (2.0, 4.0) 3.0 (2.0, 5.0) <0.001
Type of infertility (%) <0.001
Primary infertility 55.3 (741/1339) 45.2 (465/1029)
Secondary infertility 44.7 (598/1339) 54.8 (564/1029)
Basal serum FSH level (IU/L) 6.7 (5.6, 7.8) 6.4 (5.4, 7.5) <0.001
AMH (ng/ml) 4.1 (2.7, 6.4) 4.0 (2.7, 6.6) 0.95
Basal antral follicle count 19 (15, 24) 21 (15, 24) <0.001
Dosage of gonadotropins (IU) 1950.0 (1500.0, 2625.0) 2562.0 (1950.0, 3300.0) <0.001
Duration of ovarian stimulation (days) 13 (12, 14) 13 (12, 15) <0.001
No. of oocytes retrieved 15 (12, 19) 15 (11, 18) 0.01
No. of 2PN 10 (7, 13) 10 (6, 13) 0.45
No. of available embryos 8 (5, 11) 8 (5, 11) 0.74
Endometrial thickness on the trigger day (mm) 11.0 (10.0, 13.0) 11.7 (10.0, 13.0) 0.01
OHSS rate (%) 6.2 (83/1339) 3.1 (32/1029) 0.001
Fertilization method (%) 0.045
IVF 73.0 (977/1339) 76.6 (788/1029)
ICSI 27.0 (362/1339) 23.4 (241/1029)
Stage of embryo transfer (%) 0.57
Cleavage embryo 50.3 (674/1339) 51.5 (530/1029)
Blastocyst 49.7 (665/1339) 48.5 (499/1029)
No. of embryo transfers (%) 0.97
1 54.9 (735/1339) 54.8 (564/1029)
2 45.1 (604/1339) 45.2 (465/1029)
Neonatal birth weight (g) 3300.0 (3050.0, 3600.0) 3500.0 (3150.0, 3800.0) <0.001
Gestational weeks at delivery (weeks) 39 (38, 40) 39 (38, 40) 0.01
Gender of newborn (%) 0.62
Male 56.6 (758/1339) 55.6 (572/1029)
Female 43.4 (581/1339) 44.4 (457/1029)

The data are presented as medians (P25, P75) for continuous variables and %(n/N) for categorical variables.