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Of these 547 patients, 334 were treated with IVF and 213 with ICSI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The primary outcomes were normal fertilisation rate, live birth rate per transfer and cumulative live birth rate per retrieval.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The baseline characteristics were comparable between the two groups, except for the proportion of primary infertility, which was higher in the ICSI group (17.66% vs 32.86%, p=0.000). Compared with the IVF group, the ICSI group showed higher normal fertilisation rate and lower cycle cancellation rate (65.99% vs 76.56%, p=0.002; 33.53% vs 24.41%, p=0.023). However, no significant differences were found in clinical pregnancy rate per transfer (23.86% vs 18.92%, p=0.545), miscarriage rate per fresh embryo transfer (19.05% vs 28.57%, p=0.595), live birth rate per transfer (17.05% vs 13.51%, p=0.623), cumulative clinical pregnancy rate per retrieval (12.87% vs 11.27%, p=0.576) and cumulative live birth rate per retrieval (9.28% vs 6.57%, p=0.261) between the two groups (p&gt;0.05).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In non-male factor ART cycles, ICSI was not associated with improved pregnancy outcomes in older women with a low number of oocytes retrieved. 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