Table 3. Embryo quality grades at 48 and 72 hours after hCG treatment.
  DAY 2 – 48h DAY 3 – 72 h
Treatment Superovulated Control P value Superovulated Control P value
Grade I 5 (50.0%) (a) 13 (50.0%) (a) 0.059 56 (64.5%) (a) 7 (31.8%) (b) <0.001
Grade II 2 (20.0%) (a) 0 0.157 7 (8.0%) (a) 0 (0%) (b) 0.008
Grade III 1 (10.0%) (a) 3 (11.5%) (a) 0.317 17 (19.5%) (a) 6 (27.3%) (a) 0.021
Grade IV 0 2 (7.7%) (a) 0.157 7 (8.0%) (a) 3 (13.6%) (a) 0.205
Grade V 0 0 NS 0 (0%) (a) 4 (18.2) (a) 0.045
Note: Between-group differences assessed by Chi-squared test. Different letters at the same grade indicate a statistically significant difference between treatment groups on that specific day (P<0.01).