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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study groups

From: Association of ABO blood groups and ART outcomes among subfertile South Asian women: a retrospective cohort study

 

A blood group

n = 486

B blood group

n = 673

AB blood group

n = 136

O blood group

n = 784

Total

n = 2079

P value*

Age (years)a

31.9 ± 4.4

31.9 ± 4.5

31.6 ± 3.8

31.8 ± 4.5

31.9 ± 4.4

0.860

BMI (kg/m2)a

25.1 ± 4.1

25.3 ± 4.2

25.9 ± 4.0

25.5 ± 4.1

25.4 ± 4.1

0.216

Infertility n (%)

  Primary

366 (75.3)

487 (72.4)

111 (81.6)

582 (74.2)

1546 (74.4)

0.145

  Secondary

120 (24.7)

186 (27.6)

25 (18.4)

202 (25.8)

533 (25.6)

Protocol, n (%)

  Antagonist

253 (52.1)

318 (47.3)

71 (52.2)

380 (48.5)

1022 (49.1)

0.378

  Long

160 (32.9)

240 (35.7)

45 (33.1)

299 (38.1)

744 (35.8)

  Long depot

40 (8.2)

55 (8.2)

12 (8.8)

49 (6.3)

156 (7.5)

  Short

33 (6.8)

60 (8.9)

8 (5.9)

56 (7.1)

157 (7.6)

Indication, n (%)

  Tubal

87 (17.9)

113 (16.8)

26 (19.1)

128 (16.3)

354 (17.0)

0.206

  Ovulation disorder

59 (12.1)

67 (10.0)

15 (11.0)

63 (8.0)

204 (9.8)

  Endometriosis

61 (12.6)

6 1(9.1)

12 (8.8)

66 (8.4)

200 (9.6)

  Male factor

144 (29.6)

227 (33.7)

43 (31.6)

283 (36.1)

697 (33.5)

  Unexplained

39 (8.0)

70 (10.4)

10 (7.4)

73 (9.3)

192 (9.2)

  Combination

96 (19.8)

135 (20.1)

30 (22.1)

171 (21.8)

432 (20.8)

  1. Data expressed as number of women (percentage) for categorical variables
  2. *One-way ANOVA for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables
  3. aMean ± standard deviation