Clinical Study
Perinatal Risks Associated with Early Vanishing Twin Syndrome following Transfer of Cleavage- or Blastocyst-Stage Embryos
Table 1
Baseline demographics of patients undergoing cleavage-stage ETs (
) or blastocyst-stage ETs (
) with early VT.
| Parameter | Cleavage-stage () | Blastocyst-stage () | |
| Age (years) | 38.1 (±2.98) | 36.2 (±1.01) | <0.001 | Parity | 0.71 (±0.21) | 0.59 (±0.38) | 0.11 | BMI (kg/m2) | 23.1 (±2.97) | 22.9 (±1.83) | 0.55 | Infertility diagnoses | | | 0.28 | Ovulatory | 198 (27.9%) | 15 (21.4%) | | Tubal | 38 (5.36%) | 8 (11.4%) | | Endometriosis | 37 (5.22%) | 7 (10%) | | Male factor | 262 (37.0%) | 22 (31.4%) | | Idiopathic | 39 (5.50%) | 9 (12.9%) | | Other | 135 (19.0%) | 9 (12.9%) | |
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Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range), and (%); BMI: body mass index.
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