Table 3 Comparison of clinical outcomes between two treatment protocols before and after propensity score matching
Variable | Before matching | After matching | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OCs (n = 401) | non-OCs (n = 1821) | P value | OCs (n = 369) | non-OCs (n = 879) | P value | |
Embryos transferred (n) | 1.80 ± 0.69 | 1.54 ± 0.96 | 0.001* | 1.78 ± 0.70 | 1.71 ± 0.82 | 0.133 |
Biochemistry pregnancy rate n (%) | 192(47.9) | 694(38.1) | 0.* | 173(46.9) | 391(44.5) | 0.437 |
Clinical pregnancy rate n (%) | 169(42.1) | 577(31.7) | 0.* | 153(41.5) | 321(36.5) | 0.100 |
Live birth rate n (%) | 146(36.4) | 465(25.5) | 0.* | 132(35.8) | 264(30.0) | 0.047* |
Cycle Cancellation rate n (%) | 27(6.7) | 330(18.1) | 0.* | 27(7.3) | 101(11.5) | 0.027* |
Pregnancy loss rate n (%) | 16(4) | 111(6.1) | 0.100 | 14(3.8) | 58(6.6) | 0.053 |