Biochemical pregnancy

P

Significant

Negative

Positive

mean

±SD

Median

mean

±SD

median**

Age (years)

30.8

4.6

30.7

4.0

0.913*

NS

BMI (kg/m²)

29.1

2.1

28.6

3.0

0.404*

NS

Duration of infertility (years)

4.1

2.7

3 (2 - 6)

3.0

1.8

3 (1 - 5)

0.14*

NS

Cause of infertility

Tubal

27

61.4%

18

90.0%

0.06***

NS

Male

6

13.6%

2

10.0%

NS

Un-explained

11

25%

0

.0%

NS

Number of follicles (16 - 18 mm)

7.9

3.2

8 (5 - 10)

9.0

2.7

9.5 (6 - 12)

0.109**

NS

Level of lactoferrin in follicular fluid

1.5

6.0

0.7 (0.5 - 0.7)

0.6

0.1

0.6 (1 - 1)

0.636**

NS

Number of retrieved oocytes

11.5

6.6

12 (7 - 14)

13.5

5.6

14(8 - 19)

0.136**

NS

Number of mature oocytes

6.6

4.4

6.5 (3.5 - 9)

7.7

3.0

8 (6 - 10)

0.173

NS

Number of fertilized oocytes

4.8

2.8

5 (3 - 6)

5.7

2.0

5 (4 - 7)

0.257

NS

Number of transferred embryo.

2.3

1.0

2 (2 - 3)

2.5

0.6

3 (2 - 3)

0.429

NS