TY - JOUR
T1 - Is there an association between oocyte number and embryo quality? A systematic review and meta-analysis
AU - Vermey, Belinda G.
AU - Chua, Su Jen
AU - Zafarmand, Mohammad Hadi
AU - Wang, Rui
AU - Longobardi, Salvatore
AU - Cottell, Evelyn
AU - Beckers, Francois
AU - Mol, Ben W.
AU - Venetis, Christos A.
AU - D'Hooghe, Thomas
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - This systematic review and meta-analysis determined the association between aspirated after ovarian stimulation and top/good quality embryos obtained in women undergoing ovarian stimulation for IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, CINAHL and Web of Science were searched for English-language publications on top/good-quality embryos at cleavage (day 2/3) and/or blastocyst (day 5/6) developmental stages, up to 18 November 2017. Twenty-eight studies (three prospective and 25 retrospective) reporting data on 291,752 assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles were considered eligible. We confirmed a strong positive association between oocytes retrieved and top/good-quality day 2/3 embryos (weighted correlation coefficient [rw] = 0.791), day 5/6 embryos (rw = 0.901), metaphase II oocytes (rw = 0.988), oocytes exhibiting two pronuclei (rw = 0.987) and euploid embryos (rw = 0.851); P < 0.001 for all correlations (evaluated in subsets of the 17 studies). Data from 5657 cycles showed that the group with the most oocytes aspirated had the most top/good-quality day 2/3 embryos (pooled standardized mean differences (high [>15] versus low [<4] 1.91, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05–2.77, P < 0.0001; high versus medium [4–15] 1.15, 95% CI 0.74–1.55, P < 0.0001; medium versus low 1.41, 95% CI 0.79–2.03, P < 0.0001). Individual participant meta-analysis would enable accurate determination of these associations and other outcomes.
AB - This systematic review and meta-analysis determined the association between aspirated after ovarian stimulation and top/good quality embryos obtained in women undergoing ovarian stimulation for IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, CINAHL and Web of Science were searched for English-language publications on top/good-quality embryos at cleavage (day 2/3) and/or blastocyst (day 5/6) developmental stages, up to 18 November 2017. Twenty-eight studies (three prospective and 25 retrospective) reporting data on 291,752 assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles were considered eligible. We confirmed a strong positive association between oocytes retrieved and top/good-quality day 2/3 embryos (weighted correlation coefficient [rw] = 0.791), day 5/6 embryos (rw = 0.901), metaphase II oocytes (rw = 0.988), oocytes exhibiting two pronuclei (rw = 0.987) and euploid embryos (rw = 0.851); P < 0.001 for all correlations (evaluated in subsets of the 17 studies). Data from 5657 cycles showed that the group with the most oocytes aspirated had the most top/good-quality day 2/3 embryos (pooled standardized mean differences (high [>15] versus low [<4] 1.91, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05–2.77, P < 0.0001; high versus medium [4–15] 1.15, 95% CI 0.74–1.55, P < 0.0001; medium versus low 1.41, 95% CI 0.79–2.03, P < 0.0001). Individual participant meta-analysis would enable accurate determination of these associations and other outcomes.
KW - Embryo quality
KW - Euploid
KW - Oocyte number
KW - Oocyte yield
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072251717&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rbmo.2019.06.013
DO - 10.1016/j.rbmo.2019.06.013
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85072251717
SN - 1472-6483
VL - 39
SP - 751
EP - 763
JO - Reproductive BioMedicine Online
JF - Reproductive BioMedicine Online
IS - 5
ER -