Clinical Study

New Tools for Embryo Selection: Comprehensive Chromosome Screening by Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization

Table 2

Clinical results of 1420 CCS cycles according to the different indications.

RM <40 yrsRIF <40 yrsPTP <40 yrsMF <40 yrsAMA ≥40 yrs

Number of cycles20318833116880
Mean female age (SD)35.9 (2.7)36.5 (2.5)36.8 (2.4)34.8 (3.2)41.5 (2.1)
Mean number of embryos analyzed (SD)5.5 (3.1)b,d,e5.9 (3.0)a,d,e5.7 (3.8)d,e6.8 (3.7)a,b,c,e4.6 (2.6)a,b,c,d
Number of informative embryos 109910641867973972
Total number of aneuploid embryos (%)750 (68.2)e720 (67.7)e133 (71.5)e521 (65.4)e3403 (85.3)a,b,c,d
Number of segmental aneuploidies (%)61 (5.5)e40 (3.7)c19 (10.2)b,d,e32 (4.0)c126 (3.2)a,c
Number of embryos with a chaotic pattern (%)180 (16.4)b119 (11.2)a,e24 (12.9)125 (15.5)620 (15.6)b
Number of embryos with >1 aneuploidy (%)237 (21.6)e250 (23.5)e41 (22.0)e158 (19.8)e1711 (43.1)a,b,c,d
Number of embryo transfers (%)157 (77.3)e149 (79.2)e26 (78.8)e97 (83.6)e354 (40.3)a,b,c,d
Mean transferred embryos (SD)1.5 (0.5)1.5 (0.6)1.4 (0.5)1.5 (0.5)1.3 (0.5)
Number of pregnancies/transfer (%)90 (57.3)85 (57.0)12 (46.0)61 (62.9)170 (48.0)
Number of pregnancies/cycle (%)90 (44.3)e85 (45.2)e12 (36.4)61 (52.1)e170 (19.3)a,b,d
Implantation rate47.950.940.554.242.4
Miscarriage rate13.34.716.73.36.5
Delivery rate/cycle38.4 (78)e43.1 (81)e30.3 (10)50.9 (59)e18.1 (159)a,b,d

RM: recurrent miscarriage; RIF: repetitive implantation failure; MF: severe male factor; PTP: previous trisomic pregnancy; AMA: advanced maternal age.
versus RM <40 yrs; b versus RIF <40 yrs; c versus PTP <40 yrs; d versus MF <40 yrs; e versus AMA ≥40 yrs. Chi-square test, Fisher exact test, or Welch -test with Bonferroni’s correction.