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Table 1 Details of the analysis cohort of 337,148 cycles of IVF from 202,968 women

From: Live birth rates and perinatal outcomes when all embryos are frozen compared with conventional fresh and frozen embryo transfer: a cohort study of 337,148 in vitro fertilisation cycles

Number of cycles

Whole cohort, 337,148

Segmented cycles, 8393 (2.5%)

Non-segmented cycles, 328,755 (97.5%)

Patient age

 Less than 35 years

148,998 (44.2%)

5247 (62.5%)

143,751 (43.7%)

 35–39 years

134,931 (40.0%)

2530 (30.1%)

132,401 (40.3%)

 More than 39 years

53,219 (15.8%)

616 (7.3%)

52,603 (16.0%)

Cause of infertility (may be none or more than one)

 Male factor

142,982 (42.4%)

3402 (40.5%)

139,580 (42.5%)

 Tubal

61,527 (18.2%)

1557 (18.6%)

59,970 (18.2%)

 Ovulatory

40,696 (12.1%)

1814 (21.6%)

38,882 (11.8%)

 Endometriosis

21,333 (6.3%)

448 (5.3%)

20,885 (6.4%)

Cycle number

 First cycle

173,776 (51.5%)

5625 (67.0%)

168,151 (51.1%)

 Later cycle

163,372 (48.5%)

2768 (33.0%)

160,604 (48.9%)

Oocytes collected

 1–3

31,291 (9.3%)

172 (2.0%)

31,119 (9.5%)

 4–9

141,837 (42.1%)

936 (11.2%)

140,901 (42.9%)

 10–15

103,820 (30.8%)

1351 (16.1%)

102,469 (31.2%)

 16+

60,200 (17.9%)

5934 (70.7%)

54,266 (16.5%)

Stage of the embryo at first transfer (% non-missing)

 Cleavage

270,919 (82.2%)

3742 (70.4%)

267,177 (82.4%)

 Blastocyst

58,702 (17.8%)

1577 (29.6%)

57,125 (17.6%)

 Missing (% all cycles)

7527 (2.2%)

3074 (36.7%)

4453 (1.4%)

At least one live birth following ovarian stimulation

105,174 (31.2%)

2748 (32.7%)

102,426 (31.2%)