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. 2014 Nov;102(5):1338-44.
doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1242. Epub 2014 Sep 11.

Using the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome System morphological measures to predict live birth after assisted reproductive technology

Barbara Luke  1 , Morton B Brown  2 , Judy E Stern  3 , Sangita K Jindal  4 , Catherine Racowsky  5 , G David Ball  6
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Using the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome System morphological measures to predict live birth after assisted reproductive technology

Barbara Luke et al. Fertil Steril. 2014 Nov.

Abstract

Objective: To model morphological assessments of embryo quality that are predictive of live birth.

Design: Longitudinal cohort using cycles reported in the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcomes Reporting System (SART CORS) between 2007 and 2011.

Setting: Clinic-based data.

Patient(s): Fresh autologous assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles with ETs on day 3 or day 5 and morphological assessments reported (25,409 cycles with one embryo transferred and 96,093 cycles with two embryos transferred). Live-birth rates were modeled by morphological assessments using backward-stepping logistic regression for cycle 1 and over five cycles, separately for day 3 and day 5 transfers and number of embryos transferred (1 or 2). Additional models for each day of transfer also included the number of oocytes retrieved and the number of embryos cryopreserved.

Intervention(s): None.

Main outcome measure(s): Live births.

Result(s): Morphological assessments of grade, stage, fragmentation, and symmetry were significant for the day 3 models; grade, stage, and trophectoderm were significant in the day 5 model; inner-cell mass was significant in the models when two embryos were transferred. Number of oocytes retrieved and number of embryos cryopreserved were significant for both day 3 and day 5 models.

Conclusion(s): These findings confirm the significant association between embryo quality parameters reported to SART CORS and live-birth rate after ART.

Keywords: Embryo morphology; embryo fragmentation; embryo symmetry; live birth rate; trophoblast.

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The effects of grade and stage on live birth rate as a function of age, number of embryos transferred and day of transfer. (a) transfer day 5: grade; (b): day 3: grade; (c) day 5: stage; (d) day 3: stage. 1 and 2 are the number of embryos transferred.
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Figure 1
The effects of grade and stage on live birth rate as a function of age, number of embryos transferred and day of transfer. (a) transfer day 5: grade; (b): day 3: grade; (c) day 5: stage; (d) day 3: stage. 1 and 2 are the number of embryos transferred.
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