Joint Modeling of In Vitro Fertilization Outcomes among A Population of Iranian Infertile Couples: A Historical Cohort by Maryam Mohammadi, Amir Kavousi, Tahereh Madani, Payam Amini, Azadeh Ghaheri

“…Joint modelingwas fitted to apply informative cluster size.Results: Increasing age un women was associated with an increase in the BMI and a positive history of abortion andPCOS, and also, an increase in the number of treatment cycles, while in men was associated with the negative spermogram.With the increase in the number of treatment cycles, the result of the IVF success decreased, but with theincrease in the number of embryos, fertilization rate and also, quality and / or quantity parameters of spermogram, weencountered with an increase in the IVF success rate.Conclusion: It seems that a joint model of the number of treatment cycles and the result of IVF is a valuable statistical modelthat does not ignore the significant effect of cycle numbers, while this issue is ignored usually in the univariate models.…”
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