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Clinical pregnancy outcomes were significantly worse in vitamin D-deficient patients of advanced age than in other patients. VD status was a predictor of clinical pregnancy according to the multivariate regression model (Deficient: OR = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.59-0.90, P = 0.022; Insufficient: OR = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.70-1.10, P = 0.104; Reference = Replete). However, clinical pregnancy outcomes were comparable among the three groups of young patients. Endometrial tissue was collected from a total of 35 women. HOXA10 expression was significantly lower only in young women in the vitamin D deficiency group. Furthermore, among patients of advanced age, HOXA10 levels were significantly decreased in both vitamin D-deficient and vitamin D-insufficient women.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>VD deficiency appears to lead to poorer clinical pregnancy outcomes in patients of advanced age. In the future we can observe whether pregnancy outcomes can be improved in such patients with vitamin D supplementation. 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