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Table 4 Morphology characteristics of transferred blastocysts by live birth status

From: Fresh or frozen day 6 blastocyst transfer: is there still a question?

Characteristic

No live birth (nā€‰=ā€‰792)

Live birth (nā€‰=ā€‰104)

p-value

EH stage

Ā Ā 

0.337

3

181 (22.9)

16 (15.4)

Ā 

4

362 (45.7)

51 (49.0)

Ā 

5

247 (31.2)

37 (35.6)

Ā 

6

2 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

Ā 

ICM grade

Ā Ā 

0.037

A

58 (7.3)a, b

13 (12.5)a, b

Ā 

B

636 (80.3) a, c

85 (81.7) a, c

Ā 

C

98 (12.4) b, c

6 (5.8) b, c

Ā 

TE grade

Ā Ā 

<Ā 0.001

A

52 (6.5)a, b

23 (22.1) a, b

Ā 

B

578 (73.0) a, c

74 (71.2) a, c

Ā 

C

162 (20.5)b, c

7 (6.7)b, c

Ā 
  1. Values are n and %, EHā€‰=ā€‰expansion and hatching; ICMā€‰=ā€‰inner cell Mass; TEā€‰=ā€‰trophectoderm
  2. Chi = Pearsonā€™s chi-square test. Differences were considered statistically significant when the p-value was <ā€‰0.01 a between TE grade A versus TE grade B. b between TE grade A and TE grade C. c between TE grade B and TE grade C
  3. Frozen overall D6 groupā€‰=ā€‰1st warming cycle of a D6 blastocyst with possible previous fresh or frozen D5 embryo transfer. Elective frozen D6ā€‰=ā€‰a subgroup among the Frozen overall D6 group that consisted of a 1st warming cycle of a D6 blastocyst, during a freeze-all cycle without any previous fresh or frozen D5 embryo transfers