|
Criteria for comparison
|
Groups (n)
|
Global methylation fraction (mean ± SD)
|
P value
|
|---|
|
ANOVA
|
Tukey’s post hoc test (vs controls)
|
|---|
| |
Controls (33)
|
0.5091 ± 0.0463
|
–
|
–
|
|
Mode of egg fertilization
|
ICSI (19)
|
0.4739 ± 0.0339
|
0.0057
|
<
0.05
|
|
Non ICSI (37)
|
0.4809 ± 0.0434
|
<
0.05
|
|
Oxygen tension
|
20%(31)
|
0.4738 ± 0.0404
|
0.0044
|
<
0.01
|
|
5%(25)
|
0.4843 ± 0.0399
|
ns
|
|
Type of embryo transfer
|
Fresh (45)
|
0.4751 ± 0.0386
|
0.0033
|
<
0.01
|
|
Frozen (11)
|
0.4924 ± 0.0457
|
ns
|
|
Embryo transfer day
|
Day 3 (28)
|
0.4779 ± 0.0435
|
0.0067
|
<
0.05
|
|
Day 5 (28)
|
0.4791 ± 0.0375
|
<
0.05
|
-
ANOVA analysis of variance; SD standard deviation; ICSI intracytoplasmic sperm injection; ns non significant
- Values in italics denote significance
