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Table 2 Risk to have or not to have a correlation between zygote morphology and ART outcomes

From: Pronuclear morphology evaluation for fresh in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles: a systematic review

Outcome

Correlation (studies; n., %)

No correlation (studies; n., %)

OR (95% CI)

P

Embryo quality

15/25 (60)

10/25 (40%)

2.25 (0.73 to 6.98)

0.160

Cleavage stage

15/20 (75%)

5/20 (26.3%)

9.0 (2.15 to 37.66)

0.003

Blastocyst stage

7/8 (87.5%)

1/8 (12.5%)

49.0 (2.53 to 948.67)

0.010

Implantation rate

12/23 (52.2%)

11/23 (47.8%)

1.19 (0.37 to 3.79)

0.768

Pregnancy rate

12/25 (48%)

13/25 (52%)

0.85 (0.28 to 2.58)

0.777

Delivery/Live birth rate

1/4 (25%)

3/4 (75%)

0.11 (0.005 to 2.73)

0.179

Embryonic chromosome status

6/6 (100%)

0/6 (0%)

169.0 (2.89 to 9876.12

0.013

  1. OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval.