Frontiers in Endocrinology
Pre-treatment serum phosphate as a metabolic correlate of live birth after IVF/ICSI: a retrospective cohort study
Background Oocyte developmental competence is influenced by the systemic metabolic milieu during folliculogenesis. Inorganic phosphate is essential for ATP synthesis, nucleic acid metabolism, and phosphorylation-dependent signalling, but its relationship with assisted reproductive technology outcomes remains unclear. We investigated whether pre-treatment fasting serum phosphate was associated with live birth after first IVF/ICSI fresh embryo transfer. Methods This retrospective cohort study included 2, 226 women ag …