11 Key Factors for IVF Success
The latest research in 2025 reveals that age only accounts for 30% of the weight of the key factors in IVF success rate, and laboratory technology and environmental factors are the key to breakthroughs I.Age and Ovarian Reserve: The Basis but Not the Only Determinant The critical effect of ageUnder 35: 60-75% success rate, <20% aneuploidy rate Above 40: live birth rate plummets to 10-20%, egg aneuploidy rate >80Disruptive finding: Spanish multicenter study confirms that even with young donor eggs, women ≥40 years of age have a 4.2% annual increase in the risk of implantation failure due to aging of the uterine microenvironment (RR=1.042)Quantitative indicators of ovarian reserveGolden combination of AMH and AFC:AMH <1.1 ng/ml requires immediate IVF initiation, AFC <6 suggests low reserve Women over 39 years of age with AMH >1.2 ng/ml can still achieve a live birth rate of 25-33%. II.Male factors and semen parameters: the underestimated contribution of the “other half”. Sperm quality thresholdsConventional IVF: sperm viability >40%, fertilization rate increased by 30% at concentrations >15×10⁶/mlIndications for ICSI: single sperm injection should be activated when sperm morphology is <4% normal or DNA fragmentation >25Hidden effects of age:Men >40 years old have a 2-fold increased risk of embryo termination when sperm DNA fragmentation rate breaks the warning line III.Laboratory technology: a revolution in embryo screening and environmental control AI-enabled embryo selectionMachine learning model analyzes 100+ features such as embryo morphology, division speed, etc., and achieves 92% accuracy rate of implantation prediction, which is 25% higher than the traditional morphological evaluationBlastocyst Cultivation Advantages and Risks BalanceBlastocyst transfer (Day5) has a 15% higher clinical pregnancy rate than cleavage-stage embryos (Day3), but a 40% elimination rateIndividualized strategy: Day3 transfer is recommended for those with <5 eggs to avoid unavailability of embryos New findings on environmental control Extreme cold + PM2.5:…
