| Table 3. Best fit live birth rate per blastocyst for each of seven embryo morphologies | |||||||
| Morphology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | AB | BA | BB | CB | BC | CC | |
| overall grade | good | good | good | fair | fair | poor | poor |
| all ages combined LBR per embryo n (embryos) average age |
54% 46 34 |
44% 37 34 |
55% 20 33 |
29% 222 36 |
32% 17 35 |
15% 31 36 |
15% 75 38 |
| < 38 years LBR per embryo n (embryos) average age |
58% 35 33 |
56% 29 33 |
53% 18 32 |
34% 143 33 |
46% 12 34 |
27% 17 33 |
33% 29 33 |
These results were used to assign overall morphology grades of good, fair, and poor.