title: Effect of a woman's smoking status on oocyte, zygote, and day 3 pre-embryo quality in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer program.
abstract: In the present study we investigated the effect of a woman's smoking status on the quality of the oocyte, zygote, and on day 3 pre-embryo, as well as the likelihood of achieving an ongoing pregnancy at 8 weeks. Smokers presented a higher number of nonfertilized oocytes than nonsmokers (20.1% vs. 10.8% of fertilization failure), by comparable clinical pregnancy rate for smokers (40.8%; 28/72) and for nonsmokers (39.2%; 23/58).
authors: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital St Poelten, St Poelten, Austria. ivf@stpoelten.lknoe.at
authors: Irmhild
authors: I
authors: Gruber
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Just
authors: Monika
authors: M
authors: Birner
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Lösch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000473:pathology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009865:Oocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D015053:Zygote / Q000473:pathology*