Table 5.
Clinical outcome of primary infertility and secondary infertility half-ICSI patients with fresh embryo-transfer cycles.
| Primary infertility (608 cycles) | Secondary infertility (276 cycles) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | IVF | ICSI | IVF+ICSI | IVF | ICSI | IVF+ICSI |
| Fresh embryo transfer cycle: no. (%) | 244 (40.1) | 201 (33.1) | 163 (26.8) | 119 (43.1) | 73 (26.4) | 84 (30.4) |
| No. fresh embryo transferred per cycle (mean ± STD) | 2.0 ± 0.3 | 1.9 ± 0.4 | 2.1 ± 0.3 | 2.0 ± 0.2 | 1.9 ± 0.5 | 2.2 ± 0.4 |
| Age (y) (mean ± STD) | 32.0 ± 3.7 | 31.9 ± 4.0 | 32.7 ± 4.5 | 33.6 ± 3.8 | 33.7 ± 4.0 | 33.8 ± 4.5 |
| Live birth: no. (%) | 107 (43.9) | 86 (42.8) | 66 (40.5) | 57 (47.9) | 28 (38.4) | 34 (40.5) |
| Singleton live birth per woman | 75 (30.7%) | 65 (32.3%) | 48 (29.4%) | 40 (33.6%) | 21 (28.8%) | 23 (27.4%) |
| Twin live birth per woman | 32 (13.2%) | 21 (10.5%) | 18 (11.1%) | 17 (14.3%) | 7 (9.6%) | 11 (13.1%) |
| Biochemical pregnancy: no. (%) | 155 (63.5) | 111 (55.2) | 97 (59.5) | 78 (65.5) | 36 (49.3)a | 40 (47.6)b |
| Clinical pregnancy: no. (%) | 135 (55.3) | 100 (49.8) | 81 (49.7) | 65 (54.6) | 32 (43.8) | 39 (46.5) |
| Preterm birth: [no./total no. (%)] | 6/107 (5.6) | 5/86 (5.8) | 3/66 (4.5) | 5/57 (8.8) | 4/28 (14.3) | 3/34 (8.8) |
| Neonatal abnormalities: [no./total no. (%)] | 5/139 (3.6) | 3/107 (2.8) | 2/84 (2.4) | 0/74 (0.0) | 1/35 (2.9) | 0/45 (0.0) |
Values are presented as number (%).
aP<0.05 ICSI compared to IVF groups.
bP<0.05 IVF+ICSI compared to IVF groups.