Clinical Study

Determining the Optimal Duration of Progesterone Supplementation prior to Transfer of Cryopreserved Embryos and Its Impact on Implantation and Pregnancy Rates: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Comparison of characteristics of the patients receiving progesterone for 3 and 4 days before embryo transfer.

VariablesGroup I (3 days of P) ()Group II (4 days of P) () value

Age (yrs)30.24 + 4.729.86 + 4.4NS
Days of estrogen exposure12.313.2NS
Endometrial thickness (mm)8.42 + 1.418.64 + 1.22NS
Number of embryos transferred 2.72 + 0.732.77 + 0.74NS