Investigating Prognostic Factors For Assisted Reproductive Technology Outcomes in Qadir-Mother and Child Hospital of Shiraz, Iran

Background: assisted reproductive technology (art) helps infertility treatment. in this study, the researchers tried to find several prognostic factors for art success. methods: data of 189 couples that had undergone art at qadir-mother and child hospital, were retrospectively explored. cycles were classified as succeeded/failed and female/male/combined causes. three classes of ovarian response based on the number of retrieved oocytes were determined. duration of ovarian stimulation, dosages of gonadotropins, and sperm parameters were evaluated. chi square, t-test and pearson correlation were used for the analysis. results: couples with male factor infertility had a higher success rate. female age had a negative correlation with follicle count (r = -0.25), retrieved oocytes (r = -0.25), fertilized oocytes (r= -0.2), and clinical pregnancy (r = -0.21). female age was negatively correlated with amh, although not significant. the fertilization rate had a reverse correlation with the basal fsh (r = -0.22, p= 0.01) and lh (r= -0.18, p= 0.05). finally, art success rate was positively correlated with the number of follicles before (r = 0.18, p = 0.05) and after retrieval (r = 0.15, p = 0.05) and fertilized oocyte (r = 0.23, p = 0.01). conclusions: female age, the number of mature follicles before retrieval, the number of retrieved oocyte, and fertilized oocytes are predictive factors in art outcomes.