<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study monitors the effect of male smoking and age of the woman on the success of the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) fertilization process as part of the assisted reproduction technique (ART). A total of 703 couples in the <italic>in vitro</italic> fertilization (IVF) program were included. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to study the effect of male smoking on clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate. The results from the study showed that interaction of male smoking and women’s age (>35 years) have significant negative impact on ongoing pregnancy rate and live birth rate.</p></abstract>

This study monitors the effect of male smoking and age of the woman on the success of the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) fertilization process as part of the assisted reproduction technique (ART). A total of 703 couples in the in vitro fertilization (IVF) program were included. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to study the effect of male smoking on clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate. The results from the study showed that interaction of male smoking and women’s age (>35 years) have significant negative impact on ongoing pregnancy rate and live birth rate.

The interaction of female age and active male smoking has negative influence on success rates of the <italic>in vitro</italic> fertilization treatments

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics

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The interaction of female age and active male smoking has negative influence on success rates of the  fertilization treatments

This study monitors the effect of male smoking and age of the woman on the success of the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) fertilization process as part...

The interaction of female age and active male smoking has negative influence on success rates of the in vitro fertilization treatments

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Aug 26, 2020

Page range: 57 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2020-0005

Keywords
Assisted reproduction treatment (ART), Infertility, Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), fertilization (IVF), Male smoking

© 2020 Petanovska Kostova E, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The interaction of female age and active male smoking has negative influence on success rates of the in vitro fertilization treatments

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Aug 26, 2020

Page range: 57 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2020-0005

KeywordsAssisted reproduction treatment (ART), Infertility, Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), fertilization (IVF), Male smoking

© 2020 Petanovska Kostova E, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Assisted reproduction treatment (ART), Infertility, Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), fertilization (IVF), Male smoking