Figure 3. Embryo transfer strategy for each group of POSEIDON patients.
Patient groups ZPT (µm)
mean±SD
ZP thin (≤12µm)
n (%)
ZP thick (≥17 µm)
n (%)
POSEIDON I n=50
<35Y, ≥1.2 ng/ml AMH
15.5±2.2 10 (21%)b 14 (28%)a
POSEIDON II n=40
≥35Y, ≥1.2 ng/ml AMH
15.7±2.0 12 (30%)a 6 (14%)c
POSEIDON III n=63
<35Y, <1.2 ng/ml AMH
15.4±1.9 10 (17%)c 19 (30%)a
POSEIDON IV n=89
≥35Y, <1.2 ng/ml AMH
14.1±1.9 30 (34%)a 9 (10%)c
Non-POSEIDON
<35Y, n=39
15.6±2.1 7 (18%)c 13 (33%)a
Non-POSEIDON
≥35Y, n=49
14.7±2.0 14 (27%)a 8 (17 %)c
Total n=330 14.9±2.0 81 (25%) 69 (21%)

a:b, b:c values with different superscripts within the same column differ significantly (p<0.05)
a:c values with different superscripts within the same column differ highly significantly (p<0.001).