Table 1 Patients’ characteristics, grouped based on the operator performing the oocyte retrieval
Operator | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Resident | Mixeda | Senior physician | ||
n | 315 | 139 | 220 | |
Age (years) | 33.5 +/− 4.64 | 32.5 +/− 4.8 | 34.1 +/− 4.4 | 0.005 |
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 23.9 +/− 5.45 | 24.2+/− 5.3 | 24.1+/− 5.3 | 0.90 |
Smoking status | 0.58 | |||
Non-smoker | 187 (66.8) | 77 (66.4) | 130 (67.4) | |
Smoker | 59 (21.1) | 26 (22.4) | 48 (24.9) | |
Former smoker | 34 (12.1) | 13 (11.2) | 15 (7.8) | |
Baseline E2 (pg/mL) | 44.4 +/− 93.3 | 37.5 +/− 24.3 | 40.1 +/− 35.0 | 0.43 |
Baseline FSH (UI/L) | 7.4 +/− 3.5 | 6.8 +/− 3.1 | 7.6 +/− 4.1 | 0.08 |
Baseline LH (UI/L) | 6.4 +/− 17.9 | 5.3 +/− 3.5 | 5.4 +/− 3.2 | 0.62 |
Baseline AMH (ng/mL) | 2.78 +/− 3.07 | 3.4 +/− 4.4 | 2.9 +/− 3.5 | 0.34 |
Antral Follicle Count | 18.6 +/− 11.1 | 21.3 +/− 12.2 | 17.9 +/− 11.3 | 0.04 |
Etiology of infertilityb | ||||
Endometriosis | 44 (14.0) | 24 (17.3) | 27 (12.3) | 0.41 |
Tubal factor | 11 (4.1) | 3 (2.6) | 8 (4.1) | 0.76 |
Oligoasthenoteratospermia | 183 (58.1) | 73 (52.5) | 90 (41.3) | 0.001 |
Unexplained | 66 (20.9) | 34 (46.8) | 70 (31.8) | 0.09 |
Ovulation disorders | 0.46 | |||
• Ovarian insufficiency | 40 (12.7) | 12 (8.6) | 34 (15.4) | |
• PCOSc | 45 (14.3) | 21 (15.1) | 30 (13.6) | |