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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Oct 12;220(2):195.e1–195.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.10.012

TABLE 2.

Infertility diagnoses and in vitro fertilization treatment parameters by plurality

Plurality at birth
Singletons
Twins
Triplets+
Oocyte source-
embryo state
Autologous-
fresh
Autologous-
thawed
Donor-
fresh
Donor-
thawed
Autologous-
fresh
Autologous-
thawed
Donor-
fresh
Donor-
thawed
Autologous-
fresh
Autologous-
thawed
Donor-
fresh
Donor-
thawed
N, pregnancies 56,037 16,997 8129 3574 22,858 4686 4921 1041 1359 281 168 55
Prior IVF
Women with prior cycles, % 54.3 91.7 66.8 89.9 52.1 91.3 68.1 87.2 61.1 92.9 71.3 81.8
Prior cycles, mean (SD) 1.6 (2.2) 2.7 (2.6) 2.5 (2.9) 3.7 (3.5) 1.5 (2.1) 2.4 (2.2) 2.6 (2.9) 3.3 (3.1) 1.8 (2.2) 2.7 (2.3) 2.6 (3.1) 3.4 (3.3)
Diagnoses male factor, % 40.5 40.0 19.7 19.9 42.2 40.1 21.0 19.9 45.3 42.4 29.1 20.0
Endometriosis 12.0 11.7 6.6 6.9 12.9 11.9 6.6 7.4 13.6 13.9 7.2 1.8
Ovulation disorders 15.8 20.1 3.2 4.4 18.2 21.7 4.4 4.5 18.1 24.3 3.2 5.5
Diminished ovarian reserve 16.3 10.6 78.2 77.4 11.2 8.2 77.9 75.8 11.8 6.4 72.5 79.4
Tubal factors 16.1 16.7 6.9 7.8 16.7 17.6 7.6 8.2 19.4 24.3 11.1 9.7
Uterine factors 4.3 4.5 4.8 5.7 3.9 4.1 4.7 5.4 3.8 3.1 3.8 3.6
Other factors 11.8 12.2 16.4 16.6 10.7 11.6 15.5 17.3 10.0 9.6 10.0 12.7
Unexplained 13.7 13.0 3.6 2.9 13.8 13.1 3.6 3.5 12.5 8.6 5.4 1.8
Embryos transferred, %
1 12.2 24.1 15.3 21.8 0.6 1.9 0.3 1.4 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0
2 53.1 51.0 70.8 53.4 65.3 63.1 83.5 63.8 26.8 19.8 43.7 14.5
>2 34.8 24.9 14.0 24.8 34.1 35.0 16.1 34.7 73.0 79.5 56.3 85.5
Fetal heartbeats at 6 wk, %
1 92.0 94.3 89.2 94.1 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.4 1.3 1.8 0.0
2 7.1 5.2 9.5 5.4 93.5 93.5 95.4 93.6 4.4 1.4 4.6 4.8
>2 0.9 0.5 1.2 0.6 5.6 5.5 4.1 4.9 95.1 97.2 93.6 95.2

IVF, in vitro fertilization.

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