Table 2. Cycle characteristics for oocyte donors and recipients.
Donors (n=290) Recipients (n=296) p
Gonadotropin type, n (%)
HP-FSH
rFSH
hMG
rFSH+hMG
 
18 (6.3)
132 (45.5)
33 (11.5)
107 (37.7)
 
NA
NA
NA
NA
Stimulation protocol, n (%)
Antagonist
Agonist
 
210 (72.4)
80 (27.6)
 
NA
 
Oocyte aspirated, median (25th-75th) 14 (10-21) NA
Oocytes mature, median (25th-75th) 11 (8-16) NA
Oocytes mature after donation/reception, median (25th-75th) 6 (4-8) 5 (3-7)
Oocyte fertilized, median (25th-75th) 4 (3-6) 4 (3.6) 0.953
Endometrial thickness (mm), mean±SD 11.0±2.0 10.2±1.9 <0.001*
Sperm origin, n (%)
Ejaculated
Not ejaculated
-Bank
-PESA
-TESA
 
242 (83.4)
 
16 (5.5)
14 (4.8)
18 (6.2)
 
281 (94.9)
 
7 (2.4)
4 (1.3)
4 (1.3)
 
<0.001
0.095
Fertilization rate, mean±SD 72.0±21.4 74.6±24.2 <0.001*
Good quality D3 embryo, median (25th-75th) 2 (2-3) 2 (2-4) 0.446
D5 blastocyst, median (25th-75th) 3(2-4) 3(2-4) 0.128

FSH. follicle-stimulating hormone; HP-FSH. Highly purified FSH; rFSH. Recombinant FSH; hMG. human menopausal gonadotropin; PESA. Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration; TESA. testicular sperm extraction. D3. Day 3 of embryo development; D5 Day 5 of embryo development.
*Student t-test; Mann-Whitney U test; Pearson chi-square test.