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Table 4 Neonatal outcomes of live born infants according to serum progesterone levels on the day of embryo transfer

From: Association between serum progesterone levels on the day of frozen-thawed embryo transfer and pregnancy outcomes after artificial endometrial preparation

 

Progesterone quartiles (ng/mL)

P-value

Q1 (< 7.9)

Q2 (7.9–9.6)

Q3 (9.7–12.0)

Q4 (≥ 12.1)

Singletons

     

 No. of children

232

247

283

278

 

 Gestational age (weeks)

38.6 ± 1.9

38.6 ± 1.5

38.7 ± 1.4

38.5 ± 1.8

0.739

 Birthweight (g)

3362.0 ± 537.5

3378.5 ± 478.9

3406.1 ± 482.3

3351.6 ± 538.5

0.770

 Preterm birth (< 37 weeks), n (%)

17 (7.3)

14 (5.7)

15 (5.3)

22 (7.9)

0.549

 Low birthweight (< 2500 g), n (%)

13 (5.6)

9 (3.6)

8 (2.8)

16 (5.8)

0.262

 Major congenital malformations, n (%)

2 (0.9)

2 (0.8)

5 (1.8)

5 (1.8)

0.664

 Early neonatal death, n (%)

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.223

Twins

     

 No. of children

182

174

168

162

 

 Gestational age (weeks)

35.8 ± 2.4

35.6 ± 1.8

35.5 ± 2.6

35.6 ± 2.4

0.377

 Birthweight (g)

2483.3 ± 462.5

2475.0 ± 407.5

2442.4 ± 526.4

2502.6 ± 432.5

0.801

 Preterm birth (< 37 weeks), n (%)

92 (50.5)

102 (58.6)

92 (54.8)

78 (48.1)

0.223

 Low birthweight (< 2500 g), n (%)

69 (37.9)

78 (44.8)

74 (44.0)

65 (40.1)

0.510

 Major congenital malformations, n (%)

7 (3.8)

3 (1.7)

4 (2.4)

3 (1.9)

0.618

 Early neonatal death, n (%)

2 (1.1)

0 (0)

1 (0.6)

2 (1.2)

0.576

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD for all continuous variables