Thyroid autoimmunity is not associated with embryo quality or pregnancy outcomes in euthyroid women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in China
机构:[1]Department of Reproduction and Genetics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang Road, Kunming, China, 650032外科科室生殖遗传科昆明医科大学附属第一医院[2]Department of General Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang Road, Kunming, China, 650032昆明医科大学附属第一医院
Studies have shown that thyroid autoimmunity (TAI) is associated with increased risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between TAI and embryo quality in euthyroid women undergoing in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI).This retrospective cohort study included euthyroid infertile women with and without TAI (defined as a serum thyroperoxidase concentration ≥ 34 IU/mL or thyroglobulin concentration ≥ 115.0 IU/mL) who underwent their first complete IVF/ICSI treatment cycles at a tertiary referral center between April 2016 and February 2022. Embryo quality measurements and clinical outcomes were compared between women with (TAI-positive) and without TAI (TAI-negative). The high-quality cleavage embryo rate and cumulative live birth rate (cLBR) were the primary outcomes.A total of 499 TAI-positive and 2,945 TAI-negative women were included in this study, and their mean (standard deviation) ages were 31.6 (4.5) and 30.9 (4.4) years, respectively (p = 0.001). The overall analysis showed no significant differences between TAI-negative and TAI-positive women in the high-quality cleavage embryo rate (n/N: 11,139/22,553 vs. 1,971/3,820; adjusted rate: 52.8% vs. 51.6%, p = 0.66) and cLBR (1,917/2,945 vs. 327/499; 53.4% vs. 56.2%, p = 0.31). Moreover, no significant differences were observed between TAI-negative and TAI-positive women in the rates of oocyte retrieval (35,078/51,978 vs. 5,853/8,628; 69.1% vs. 67.4%; p = 0.65), fertilization (23,067/34,197 vs. 3,902/5,728; 61.1% vs. 62.2%, p = 0.34), embryo utilization (18,233/22,553 vs. 3,156/3,820; 80.2% vs. 80.8%, p = 0.61), blastocyst formation (7,051/13,721 vs. 1,192/2,330; 48.5% vs. 48.4%, p = 0.97) and high-quality blastocysts (4,819/13,721 vs. 799/2,330; 29.9% vs. 29.4%, p = 0.73). Furthermore, no significant differences were observed between TAI-negative and TAI-positive women in the clinical pregnancy rate (1,524/2,808 vs. 248/482; 46.7% vs. 44.6%, p = 0.40), early pregnancy loss rate (156/1,524 vs. 23/248; 13.5% vs. 11.5%, p = 0.44) and live birth rate (1,338/2,808 vs. 218/482; 37.4% vs. 36.0%, p = 0.55) of the first transfer cycle.This study demonstrated that TAI in women was not associated with embryo quality or the cLBR following IVF/ICSI. Future large prospective studies are warranted to confirm these findings.
基金:
Joint Funding from the Science & Technology Department of
Yunnan Province and Kunming Medical University (2019FE001-142), the Basic Research
Project of the Yunnan Province-Outstanding Youth Foundation (No. 202101AW070018)
and the “1000 Talent Plan” of Yunnan Province (No. RLQN20200001).
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Reproduction and Genetics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang Road, Kunming, China, 650032
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通讯机构:[1]Department of Reproduction and Genetics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 295 Xichang Road, Kunming, China, 650032[*1]Department of Reproduction and Genetics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China, 650032
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Rao Meng,Zeng Zhengyan,Zhang Qiaoling,et al.Thyroid autoimmunity is not associated with embryo quality or pregnancy outcomes in euthyroid women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in China[J].THYROID.2023,33(3):380-388.doi:10.1089/thy.2022.0184.
APA:
Rao Meng,Zeng Zhengyan,Zhang Qiaoling,Su Cunmei,Yang Zexing...&Tang Li.(2023).Thyroid autoimmunity is not associated with embryo quality or pregnancy outcomes in euthyroid women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in China.THYROID,33,(3)
MLA:
Rao Meng,et al."Thyroid autoimmunity is not associated with embryo quality or pregnancy outcomes in euthyroid women undergoing assisted reproductive technology in China".THYROID 33..3(2023):380-388