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Table 2 Demographic characteristics and FET parameters of the study population according to ongoing pregnancy

From: The timing for initiating estrogen stimulation in artificial cycle for frozen-thawed embryo transfer can be flexible

Parameters

Ongoing pregnancy (n = 350)

No ongoing pregnancy (n = 310)

p value

Age, years

29 (27, 32)

30 (28, 34)

0.001

BMI, kg/m2

21.8 (20.1, 24.0)

22.2 (20.0, 25.0)

0.113

Infertility type, n (%)

0.751

 Primary

203 (58.0)

176 (56.8)

 

 Secondary

147 (42.0)

134 (43.2)

 

Infertility duration, years

3.5 (2, 5)

3 (2, 5)

0.549

Infertility factor, n (%)

0.349

 Tubal factor

164 (46.9)

124 (40.0)

 

 Male factor

55 (15.7)

57 (18.4)

 

 Mixed male and female factor

112 (32.0)

112 (36.1)

 

 Unexplained

19 (5.4)

17 (5.5)

 

Menstruation, n (%)

0.902

 Regular

188 (53.7)

168 (54.2)

 

 Irregular

162 (46.3)

142 (45.8)

 

Initial day of estrogen usage

11 (8, 13)

10 (7, 13)

0.387

Duration of estrogen usage, days

11 (10, 15)

11 (9, 15)

0.331

Endometrial thickness at initial day of estrogen, mm

5.0 (4.0, 5.7)

4.8 (4.1, 5.8)

0.879

Peak endometrial thickness, mm

8.5 (7.8, 9.6)

8.2 (7.6, 9.4)

0.076

Optimal embryos transferred, n (%)

321 (91.7)

251 (81.0)

< 0.001

  1. The continuous data were expressed as median (lower and upper quartiles)