Table 4 Assessment of blastocyst quality in terms of degree of expansion, ICM and TE
Study group | Control group | P- value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Degree of expansion | 1 | - | - | ||||
2 | 14 (5.81%) | 52 (33.77%) | 0.0001 | ||||
3 | 66 (27.39%) | 92 (59.74%) | 0.0001 | ||||
4 | 145 (60.17%) | 7 (4.54%) | 0.0001 | ||||
5 | 16 (6.64%) | 3 (1.95%) | 0.03 | ||||
6 | - | - | |||||
ICM | A | 133 (55.19%) | 92 (59.74%) | 0.37 | |||
B | 79 (32.78%) | 56 (36.36%) | 0.46 | ||||
C | 28 (11.62%) | 6 (3.90%) | 0.01 | ||||
D | 1 (0.41%) | - | 0.42 | ||||
Trophectoderm | A | 115 (47.72%) | 87 (56.49%) | 0.08 | |||
B | 100 (41.49%) | 50 (32.47%) | 0.07 | ||||
C | 23 (9.54%) | 17 (11.04%) | 0.63 | ||||
D | 3 (1.24%) | - | 0.16 |