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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2023

Establishment of a prediction model for the impact of endometrial thickness on the day of embryo transfer on ectopic pregnancy in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycle.

Qiuyuan Li, Xiyuan Deng, Ahui Liu, Haofei Shen, Xuehong Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qiuyuan LiThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Xiyuan DengGansu Province Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Birth Defects of Gansu Province, Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child-Care Hospital/Central Hospital of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China.
Ahui LiuThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Haofei ShenThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Xuehong ZhangThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Lanzhou University · CNFirst Hospital of Lanzhou University · CN

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Abstract

Objective: This study aims to investigate the factors affecting the ectopic pregnancy (EP) rate in the frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycle. Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed 5606 FET cycles, including 5496 cycles resulting in intrauterine pregnancy and 110 cycles resulting in EP. Smooth curve fitting and piece-wise linear regression were utilized to evaluate a non-linear association between endometrial thickness (EMT) and EP. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to study the effect of EMT on the embryo transfer (ET) day and other indexes on EP rate after adjusting for confounding factors. A nomographic prediction model was employed to predict EP occurrence. The predictive efficacy of the model was assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC), utilizing the bootstrap sampling method for internal validation. Results: After accounting for the confounding factors, the segmented linear regression analysis indicated that the EMT inflection point was 9 mm; the EP rate significantly decreased by 28% with each additional millimeter of EMT up to 9 mm (odds ratio (OR) = 0.72; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.53-0.99; Conclusion: Undergoing EMT on the day of ET poses a separate EP risk in the FET cycle; to mitigate the EP incidence, the EMT should exceed 9 mm before ET. Furthermore, previous EPs and tubal factor infertility were additional factors independently increasing EP risk. Furthermore, implementing blastocyst transfer demonstrated that EP incidence was significantly reduced. Utilizing a nomogram predicting system enables EP risk evaluation before ET for individual patients, establishing a basis for devising clinical strategies for ET.

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InfertilityPregnancy, EctopicEmbryo TransferFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy RateRetrospective Studiesectopic pregnancyendometrial thicknessfrozen-thawed embryo transfernomogram prediction modelROC

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