Relationship Between Endometrial Thickness and Embryo Implantation, Based on 1,294 Cycles of in Vitro Fertilization with Transfer of Two Blastocyst-stage Embryos.
From: Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA. kevin.richter@integramed.com
Fertility and sterility
- Publish Date: Jan 2007
- ISSN: 1556-5653
- Volume: 87
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 53-9
- Medium: Internet
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Richter Kevin S, Bugge Kathleen R, Bromer Jason G, et al. Relationship Between Endometrial Thickness and Embryo Implantation, Based on 1,294 Cycles of in Vitro Fertilization with Transfer of Two Blastocyst-stage Embryos.. Fertil. Steril. Jan 2007;87:53-9
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between endometrial thickness and clinical outcome of IVF and ET. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Private assisted reproductive technology center. PATIENTS: One thousand two hundred and ninety-four infertility patients. INTERVENTIONS: IVF and fresh autologous ET of two blastocyst-stage embryos, including at least one good-quality blastocyst. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical pregnancy rate (PR) and spontaneous abortion rate. RESULTS: Endometrial thickness was greater in cycles resulting in pregnancy than in cycles not resulting in pregnancy (11.9 vs. 11.3 mm, respectively). Clinical pregnancy rates increased gradually from 53% among patients with a lining of <9 mm, to 77% among patients with a lining of > or =16 mm. Multiple logistic regression analysis indicated significant effects of age, embryo quality, and endometrial thickness on both clinical pregnancy rates and live-birth or ongoing pregnancy rates. There was also a marginally significant trend toward decreasing rates of spontaneous pregnancy loss with increasing endometrial thickness. CONCLUSIONS: Clinical pregnancy and live-birth or ongoing pregnancy rates increase significantly with increasing endometrial thickness, independent of the effects of patient age and embryo quality.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Abortion, Spontaneous, Adolescent, Adult, Embryo Implantation, Embryo Transfer, Endometrium, Female, Fertilization in Vitro, Humans, Infertility, Female, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Statistics as Topic, Treatment Outcome, United States
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