Factors Associated with In Vitro Fertilization Live Birth Outcome: A Comparison of Different Classification Methods

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Department of Endocrinology and Female Infertility, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Centre, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of MBA, Payame Noor Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

4 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

5 Department of Medical Ethics and Law, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Centre, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

6 Reproductive Epidemiology Research Centre, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background: In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a useful assisted reproductive technology to achieve pregnancy in infertile
couples. However, it is very important to optimize the success rate after IVF by controlling for its influencing factors.
This study aims to classify successful deliveries after IVF according to couples’ characteristics and available data on
oocytes, sperm, and embryos using several classification methods.

Materials and Methods: This historical cohort study was conducted in a referral infertility centre located in
Tehran, Iran. The patients’ demographic and clinical variables for 6071 cycles during March 21, 2011 to March
20, 2014 were collected. We used six different machine learning approaches including support vector machine
(SVM), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), logistic regression (LR), random forest (RF), naïve Bayes (NB),
and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to predict successful delivery. The results of the performed methods were
compared using accuracy tools.

Results: The rate of successful delivery was 81.2% among 4930 cycles. The total accuracy of the results exposed RF
had the best performance among the six approaches (ACC=0.81). Regarding the importance of variables, total number
of embryos, number of injected oocytes, cause of infertility, female age, and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) were
the most important factors predicting successful delivery.

Conclusion: A successful delivery following IVF in infertile individuals is considerably affected by the number of
embryos, number of injected oocytes, cause of infertility, female age, and PCOS.

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International Journal of Fertility and Sterility
Volume 15, Issue 2
April 2021
Pages 128-134

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