Table 1 Main characteristics of the patients and clinical-laboratory outcomes in IMSI and ICSI groups
From: Clinical outcome after IMSI procedure in an unselected infertile population: a pilot study
ICSI | IMSI | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count/medium | d.s. | Count/medium | d.s. | ||
N° of cycles | 281 | 51 | |||
Women age at Pickup | 34,98 | 3,19 | 35,65 | 2,98 | 0,15 |
Men age at Pickup | 37,61 | 5,47 | 39,51 | 5,23 | 0,02 |
N° of ICSI attempts | 1,61 | 0,88 | 1,55 | 0,87 | 0,68 |
Causes of infertility (%): | |||||
• Tubal factor | 8.5 | 9.8 | |||
• Ovulatory | 5.3 | 1.9 | |||
• Endometriosis | 7.5 | 7.8 | |||
• Male factor | 36.6 | 39.2 | |||
• Multiple factors | 20.9 | 19.6 | |||
• Unexplained | 21 | 21.6 | |||
N° of injected oocytes | 8,12 | 4,42 | 8,23 | 3,78 | 0,84 |
Native sperm concentration (million/ml) | 23,58 | 29,34 | 27,75 | 32,29 | 0,39 |
Native sperm motility rate (%) | 26,27 | 17,94 | 27,56 | 16,55 | 0,62 |
Prepared sperm concentration (million/ml) | 16,12 | 23,94 | 21,1 | 21,46 | 0,14 |
Prepared sperm motility (%) | 54,43 | 24,62 | 60,16 | 16,95 | 0,04 |
2 pronuclei day 1 | 6,27 | 3,72 | 6,59 | 3,57 | 0,57 |
N° of transferred embryos | 1,86 | 0,38 | 1,87 | 0,33 | 0,85 |
Implantation rate (%) | 16,83 | 16,67 | 0,97 | ||
Fertilization rate (%) | 77,27 | 80,00 | 0,22 | ||
Pregnancy rate (%) | 30,96 | 33,33 | 0,74 | ||
Live birth rate (%) | 11,39 | 13,72 | 0,23 | ||
Ongoing pregnancy rate (%) | 7,47 | 5,88 | 0,69 | ||
Miscarriage rate (%) | 17,78 | 5,26 | 0,17 |