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. 2022 Oct 9;217(10):532–537. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51734
Characteristic Treated Untreated
Number of women 33 519 10 628
Monash IVF Cancer database 3085 4267
Monash IVF registry 30 434 6361
Age (years)
At entry, median (IQR) 34 (31–38) 33 (29–37)
At follow‐up, median (IQR) 49 (44–56) 59 (50–65)
< 40 years 3868 (11.5%) 609 (5.7%)
40–49 years 14 126 (42.1%) 1935 (18.2%)
50–59 years 10 831 (32.3%) 3321 (31.2%)
60–69 years 4030 (12.0%) 4024 (37.9%)
> 70 years 664 (2.0%) 739 (7.0%)
Aetiology
Aetiology recorded 20 428 (60.9%) 6018 (56.6%)
Unexplained 5453 [26.7%] 1781 [29.6%]
Tubal 4274 [20.9%] 2112 [35.1%]
Endometrial 2402 [11.8%] 462 [7.7%]
Ovarian 2139 [10.5%] 378 [6.3%]
Multiple factors 3045 [14.9%] 140 [2.3%]
Male factor 1534 [7.5%] 1036 [17.2%]
Other 1581 [7.7%] 109 [1.8%]
No aetiology recorded 13 091 (39.1%) 4610 (43.4%)
Stimulated cycles, median (IQR) 2 (1–4)
1 or 2 17 412 (51.9%)
3 or more 16 107 (48.1%)
Oocytes/cycle, median (IQR) 7.0 (3–11)
1–5 12 913 (38.5%)
6 or more 17 470 (52.1%)
Missing data 3136 (9.4%)
Fertility drug type
Follicle‐stimulating hormone 29 637 (88.4%)
Hormone replacement therapy 6267 (18.7%)
Clomiphene citrate 2419 (7.2%)
Unknown 3068 (9.1%)

IQR = interquartile range.

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Excludes two women (one in each group) for whom registration dates were not reliable.

Women who have ever been treated with drug combination; multiple treatments possible.