Table 2. Comparison of laboratory results between the study groups
BMI Normal Overweight Obesity
Oocytes 403 593 269
Fertilized oocytes (%) 353 (87.6) 506 (85.3) 228 (84.8)
Cleaved embryo Day 3 (%) 343 (97.2) 504 (99.6) 225 (98.7)
No. cell/embryo Day 3 (Mean ± SD) 7.3±0.75 7.0±0.81* 6.9±1.04*
Good-quality embryos Day 3 (%) 83.7 84.9 79.1
Blastocyst formation rate (%) 47.8 42.9* 42.7*
Good-quality blastocysts (%) 90.2 88.9 90.6
Embryo transferred (Mean ± SD) 104 (1.86±0.38) 155 (1.89±0.31) 66 (1.89±0.32)
Gestational sacs 59 56 19
Implantation rate (%) 56.7 36.1* 28.8*,**
No. oocytes / gestational sac 6.8 10.6* 14.2*,**
Miscarriage (%) 10.2 8.9 10.5
p<0.05 in relation to normal group
p<0.05 in relation to overweight group