Open AccessEquivalency of in vitro fertilization success rates in elective single blastocyst transfer and elective double blastocyst transfer: An example of equivalence methodology in clinical reproductive health
Author(s) -
M. Jacobs,
Hillary Klonoff-Cohen,
V. Gabriel Garzo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of human reproductive sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-1208
pISSN - 1998-4766
DOI - 10.4103/jhrs.jhrs_136_17
Subject(s) - blastocyst transfer , live birth , medicine , pregnancy , single embryo transfer , in vitro fertilisation , gynecology , fertility , blastocyst , equivalence (formal languages) , obstetrics , confidence interval , embryo transfer , biology , mathematics , population , embryo , genetics , embryogenesis , environmental health , discrete mathematics
When comparing success rates between treatments, it is more appropriate to structure analyses in terms of equivalence rather than traditional analyses that assess differences. Unfortunately, no studies of elective single blastocyst transfer (eSBT) have been conducted in this manner.