Associated factors to pregnancy in intrauterine insemination

Vargas-Tominaga L.; Alarcón F.; Vargas A.; Bernal G.; Medina A.; Polo Z. · Jornal Brasileiro de Reproducao Assistida (2020) · DOI: 10.5935/1518-0557.20190060

Resumen

Objective: To define the factors associated with clinical pregnancy after intrauterine insemination. Methods: Retrospective study involving 633 infertility couples, which made up to 1053 cycles of intrauterine insemination. We analyzed the clinical pregnancy rate associated with different factors through the Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. Results: The clinical pregnancy rate was 8.2% per insemination cycle and 13.6% per treated couple. The factors with greater association to clinical pregnancy were to have more than two follicles, to perform the procedure without difficulty, to have 3 years or less of infertility, cervical factor as indication, use of gonadotropins and age less than 38 years. Conclusion: Intrauterine insemination requires to be accompanied by proper selection and couples' preparation.