| Table 4. Descriptive data from TUNEL assay in blastocysts, compared by GLM. | |||||||
| TUNEL | PCOS-M (n=11) Mean±SD |
PCOS (n=13) Mean±SD |
PLAC-M (n=33) Mean±SD |
PLAC (n=32) Mean±SD |
CONT-M (n=31) Mean±SD |
CONT (n=22) Mean±SD |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total cells number (T) | 40.4±5.81a | 37.7±3.36c | 59.2±3.60de | 63.2±3.86bde | 78.4±2.81bdf | 58.5±3.04de | 0.0001 |
| Total apoptotic cells number (A) | 5.9±1.41 | 4.6±0.94 | 3.7±0.39 | 4.0±0.43 | 4.8±0.61 | 4.9±0.79 | 0.359 |
| Apoptosis ratio (A/T, %) | 16.5±3.61a | 11.9±2.14a,b | 6.6±0.76b | 7.1±0.85b | 6.2±0.78b | 8.4±1.33b | 0.0001 |
a, b, c, d, e, f Different letters indicate statistical difference among the groups. p values in bold indicate statistical significance (p≤0.05).