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. 2022 May 4;78(7):1185–1196. doi: 10.1007/s00228-022-03330-1

Table 2.

Cycles related to pregnancy, characteristics of outcomes

Gonadotropin cycles (2007–2017)
REC EXT CBD Total
N = 45,554 (50.5%) N = 24,509 (27.1%) N = 20,229 (22.4%) N = 90,292
Effectiveness outcomes
% % % %
Pregnancy interrupted 1907 4.2 970 4.0 902 4.5 3779 4.2
Pregnancy (birth rate) 5475 12.0 2556 10.4 2472 12.2 10,503 11.6
Conception rate 7382 16.2 3526 14.4 3374 16.7 14,282 15.8
Number of cycles to get to a pregnancy/pregnancy interrupted
   1 3232 43.8 1421 40.3 1415 41.9 6068 42.5
   2 2023 27.4 1037 29.4 788 23.4 3848 26.9
   3 1002 13.6 492 14.0 526 15.6 2020 14.1
   4 +  1125 15.2 576 16.3 645 19.1 2346 16.4
Safety outcomes* (child)
# of children at delivery
   1 4452 81.3 2131 83.4 2014 81.5 8597 81.9
Multiple births 1023 18.7 425 16.6 458 18.5 1906 18.1
   2 958 17.5 394 15.4 437 17.7 1789 17.0
   3 +  65 1.2 31 1.2 21 0.8 117 1.1
Caesarean section 3540 64.7 1615 63.2 1559 63.1 6714 63.9
Born alive 5465 99.8 2552 99.8 2461 99.6 10,478 99.8
Sex
   Male 3069 51.6 1395 50.3 1387 51.4 5851 51.2
   Female 2877 48.4 1378 49.7 1314 48.6 5569 48.7
   Not available 2 0.0 2 0.1 0 0.0 4 0.0
Small for gestational age (SGA) 900 16.4 450 17.6 411 16.6 1761 16.8
Low birth weight (LBW) 1282 23.4 568 22.2 559 22.6 2409 22.9
Preterm 1222 22.3 539 21.1 542 21.9 2303 21.9
Apgar score:
   Excellent condition 5291 96.6 2499 97.8 2407 97.4 10,197 97.1
   Moderately depressed 65 1.2 22 0.9 20 0.8 107 1.0
   Severely depressed 118 2.2 35 1.4 44 1.8 197 1.9
   Apgar missing 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0
Admission to emergency neonatal therapy 601 11.0 274 10.7 281 11.4 1156 11.0
Safety outcomes* (mother)
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) 35 0.6 14 0.5 15 0.6 64 0.6
Pre-eclampsia 118 2.2 43 1.7 53 2.1 214 2.0
Gestational diabetes 228 4.2 105 4.1 96 3.9 429 4.1

*Denominator refers to cycles related to births