Risk of miscarriage in women with endometriosis undergoing IVF fresh cycles: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract

BackgroundEndometriosis is thought to affect the effectiveness of ART by an increased risk of miscarriage. We aimed to investigate the impact of endometriosis in women achieving singleton pregnancies through IVF fresh cycles and risk of miscarriage.MethodsThis retrospective cohort study included all women undergoing a first IVF cycle and achieving singleton pregnancies after fresh embryo transfer in a tertiary university hospital reproductive medical center between January 2008 and June 2016. Women with endometriosis were compared with women with no endometriosis. Women in the endometriosis group were all with a history of laparoscopy or laparotomy for endometriosis and/or with ovarian endometrioma. The control group was matched 1:2 according to age and study period.ResultsAmong the cohort, we identified 1006 women with endometriosis as study group and 2012 unaffected women matched in a 1:2 ratios as control group. The miscarriage rate between women with and without endometriosis was similar (22.4 and 20.1%, P = 0.085). The odds ratio after adjusting for the risk factors for miscarriage was 1.14 (95% confidence interval 0.95–1.37). In the study group, the women with and without endometrioma did not show a significant risk of miscarriage, (19.8 and 23.8%, P = 0.152, OR 0.79, 95% CI 0.58–1.09). The miscarriage rate in women with endometrioma ≥30 mm (37.3 ± 7.1 mm) and < 30 mm (19.3 ± 5.5 mm) was not significantly different, (24.7 and 18.5%, P = 0.229, OR 1.44, 95% CI 0.79–2.63). After adjustment for risk factors for miscarriage, the presence of endometrioma and the size of endometrioma, regression model confirmed no significant increase for the risk of miscarriage in the subgroup analyses.ConclusionsThe risk of miscarriage did not statistically increase in women with endometriosis who achieved pregnancy through IVF fresh cycles.

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