Table 4 Correlation between nucleus status at the two-cell stage and blastocyst development.

From: High proportion of zygotes with multiple pronuclei increase the embryo multinucleation rate during conventional IVF

Parameter

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

P

No. MN2 embryos (n)

705

1108

268

/

D3 good quality embryos (%,n)

42.27 (298/705)

43.50 (482/1108)

40.67 (109/268)

0.401

D3 available embryos (%,n)

84.96 (599/705)

84.04 (927/1108)

83.21 (223/268)

0.460

Types of MN2 (%,n)

   

0.305

2BI1

30.2 (213/705)

28.4 (315/1108)

26.9 (72/268)

2BI2

2.7 (19/705)

2.7 (30/1108)

3.0 (8/268)

2MULTI1

31.9 (225/705)

30.9 (342/1108)

32.1 (86/268)

2BI1/2MULTI1

5.4 (38/705)

7.0 (77/1108)

4.9 (13/268)

2MULT2

29.8 (210/705)

31.0 (344/1108)

33.2 (89/268)

Blastocyst formation (%,n)

   

0.500

2BI1

61.0 (130/213)

58.0 (183/315)

61.1 (44/72)

2BI2

52.6 (10/19)

46.7 (14/30)

50.0 (4/8)

2MULTI1

58.2 (131/225)

60.5 (207/342)

58.1 (50/86)

2BI1/2MULTI1

57.9 (22/38)

57.1 (44/77)

61.5 (8/13)

2MULTI2

46.7 (98/210)

44.5 (153/344)

46.0 (41/89)