Embryo morphology and live birth in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the best-fit live birth rate per embryo based on maternal age, embryo stage, and embryo morphology.

Design

Retrospective data analysis.

Setting

Fertility clinics.

Patients

The patients included were treated with in vitro fertilization in the United States at clinics reporting data to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcomes Reporting System. We analyzed live birth data of unbiopsied autologous cleavage and blastocyst stage embryos for cycles started from 2016 through 2018. The analysis included 223,377 embryo transfers with a total of 336,888 embryos.

Interventions

None.

Main outcome measures

Live birth rate per embryo and rate of multiple gestations per pregnancy.

Results

At the mean maternal

SUBMITTER: Awadalla MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250116 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature