Table 1. Summary of patients’ characteristics and outcomes.
Evaluated Items Intervention group Control group p value
Age (year) 35 32.7 0.07
BMI (kg/m2) 25.3 25.9 0.72
Etiology of Infertility (%)      
Male Factor (MF) 12 10 0.72
Female Factor (FF)      
-Anovulation 31 34 0.68
-Tubal Factor 15 10 0.70
-Endometriosis 10 12 0.76
Mixed (MF + FF) 42 37 0.64
Diminished ovarian reserve 11 14 0.59
Duration of infertility (year) 4.5 6.5 0.074
The number of transferred embryos (n) 2.8 3.3 0.28
Blood FSH on the third day of cycle (mIU/mL) 7 5.4 0.01
Estradiol intake unit dose (mg) 6.13 6 0.77
Duration of estradiol administration (days) 34 28 0.23
Sperm count (million/ mL) 31.6 34.6 0.9
Normal Sperm morphology (%) 4.07 3.6 0.49
Pregnant cases (n) 20 13.33 0.62
History of previous successful pregnancies (n) 2.7 2.9 0.27