Overweight and obesity significantly reduce pregnancy, implantation, and live birth rates in women undergoing In Vitro Fertilization procedures

Autor: Pedro Valdivieso-Rivera, Jorge Carpio, Javier García-Ferreyra, Milton Zambrano, Pedro Valdivieso-Mejía
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: JBRA Assisted Reproduction
ISSN: 1518-0557
Popis: Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of overweight and obesity on fertility outcomes in IVF procedures. Methods: This was a retrospective and nonrandomized study that included 191 IVF/ICSI cycles using non-donor oocytes performed between July 2016 and December 2018 that were allocated according to Body Mass Index (BMI) in three groups: Normal group: 18.5-24.9 (n=67 women), Overweight group: 25.0-29.9 (n=86 women) and Obesity group: ≥30.0 (n=38 women). We compared fertilization rates, embryo quality at day 3, development and quality of blastocyst, pregnancy rates, implantation rates, and live birth rates. Results: Patients from all groups had similar stimulation days, but those women with overweight and obesity used more hormones compared to women with normal weight (p
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