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. 2022 Jul 14:13:945242.
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.945242. eCollection 2022.

Influence of sperm DNA fragmentation on the clinical outcome of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET)

Chunhui Zhu  1   2 , Fang Chen  1 , Shengmin Zhang  1 , Hong She  1 , Yun Ju  1 , Xidong Wen  1 , Chunxia Yang  1 , Yan Sun  1 , Naijun Dong  1 , Tongmin Xue  1 , Kaifeng Liu  1 , Feng Li  1 , Hengmi Cui  2
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Influence of sperm DNA fragmentation on the clinical outcome of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET)

Chunhui Zhu et al. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). .

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of elevated sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) on fresh and frozen embryo transfer cycles.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed with 549 fresh embryo transfer cycles and 1340 frozen embryo transfer cycles after in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) from 2016 to 2021.

Results: The statistical results of 549 fresh embryo transfer cycles showed that the delivery rate in the normal sperm DFI group (43.9% vs. 27.1%, P = 0.014) was significantly higher than that in the abnormal sperm DFI group, and there were no significant differences in the biochemical pregnancy rate (59.0% vs. 50.8%, P = 0.232), clinical pregnancy rate (53.1% vs. 40.7%, P = 0.072), or miscarriage rate (17.3% vs. 33.3%, P = 0.098) between the two groups. The results of 1340 frozen embryo transfer cycles showed that the biochemical pregnancy rate (57.9% vs. 45.6%, P = 0.006) and clinical pregnancy rate (50.3% vs. 40.7%, P = 0.027) in the normal sperm DFI group were significantly higher than those in the abnormal sperm DFI group. The delivery rate (40.9% vs. 33.3%, P = 0.074) and miscarriage rate (18.6% vs. 18.0%, P = 0.919) were not significantly different between the two groups.

Conclusion: The increase of sperm DFI significantly reduced the delivery rate of fresh embryo transfer cycles and the biochemical pregnancy rate and clinical pregnancy rate of frozen embryo transfer cycles.

Keywords: fresh embryo transfer; frozen embryo transfer; in vitro fertilization; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; sperm DNA fragmentation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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