Human Reproduction, Vol 12, 1736-1741, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
MT Zenzes, TE Reed and RF Casper
We investigated whether cigarette smoking, measured by follicular fluid
concentrations of cotinine (a major metabolite of nicotine), affects the
maturity of oocytes from women undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and
embryo transfer. In 234 women, follicular fluid samples were assessed for
cotinine and their 2020 oocytes were assessed for maturity stage. Data on
individual proportions of oocytes which were mature (OM) and were
fertilized (OF) were analysed by regression in relation to age and
follicular fluid cotinine. OF gave an independent assessment of oocyte
maturity. Both age and follicular fluid cotinine entered the OM and OF
regressions and were significant. The age-adjusted regression coefficients
for log cotinine were positive; greater cotinine concentrations usually
accompanied greater OM and OF. The cotinine effect on OM was positive in
younger women, but it became negative (decreased OM with increasing
cotinine concentrations) in older women (> or = 40 years). We further
found in older women an average reduction of approximately 50% in the
number of mature oocytes; this reduced number was lower than the number of
embryos usually transferred. Smoking can reduce the number of mature
oocytes even further, therefore risking a negative IVF-embryo transfer
outcome. This may be the reason why the negative effects of smoking become
clinically detectable in older women.
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Effects of cigarette smoking and age on the maturation of human oocytes
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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