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Table 1 Number of oocytes and embryos obtained following different treatments in the normal and PCOS groups

From: The effect of lutein and Urtica dioica extract on in vitro production of embryo and oxidative status in polycystic ovary syndrome in a model of mice

Group

N

Number of oocytes

Number of normal oocytes

Number of abnormal oocytes

Fertilization %

2-cell embryos

Blastocyst

Arrested embryo

Arrest type I

Arrest type II

Arrest type III

Control

8

227a

222

97.79%a

5

2.21%e

206

92.79%a

195

94.66%a

121

58.73%a

85

41.26%c

2

0.97%d

4

1.94%d

79

38.34%c

PCOS

8

91e

35

38.46%c

56

61.54%a

25

71.42%c

18

72%c

4

16%d

21

84%a

7

28%a

11

44%a

3

12%d

PCOS+ 200 N

8

214b

159

74.29%b

55

25.71%b

134

84.27%b

112

83.58%b

41

30.59%b

93

69.40%b

22

16.41%b

27

20.14%b

44

32.83%b

PCOS+  400 N

8

238a

209

87.81%ab

29

12.19%c

178

85.16%b

151

84.83%b

56

31.46%b

122

68.53%b

15

8.42%c

28

15.73%c

79

44.38%a

PCOS+  125 L

8

246a

222

90.24%a

24

9.76%d

197

88.73%b

173

87.81%b

55

27.91%c

142

72.08%b

19

9.64%c

34

17.25%b

89

45.17%a

PCOS+  250 L

8

198c

169

85.35%ab

29

14.65%c

145

85.79%b

128

88.27%b

39

26.89%c

106

73.10%b

16

11.03%c

20

13.79%c

70

48.27%a

PCOS+NL

8

117d

93

79.48%b

24

20.52%b

80

86.02%b

69

86.25%b

25

31.25%b

55

68.75%b

9

11.25%c

17

21.25%b

29

36.25%b

P-values

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  1. Superscripts (***) show significant difference between the groups at P < 0.0001
  2. a, b, c, d Different superscript letters indicated significant differences in each column