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Propensity score matching was employed to control confounders, including age, infertility duration, type, and etiology.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Regarding pregnancy outcomes, live birth rate significantly decreased with storage duration (using G1 as reference; G2: adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.82, 95% CI [0.707-0.952], similarly hereinafter; G3: 0.743, 0.579-0.954; G4: 0.624, 0.476-0.818). The miscarriage rate significantly increased with increasing storage duration beyond 6 months (G2: 1.268, 0.967-1.663; G3: 1.652, 1.085-2.515; G4: 1.674, 1.06-2.643). Biochemical pregnancy (G2: 0.883, 0.764-1.02; G3: 0.848, 0.669-1.075; G4: 0.705, 0.547-0.91) and clinical pregnancy rates (G2: 0.885, 0.766-1.022; G3: 0.848, 0.669-1.075; G4: 0.715, 0.554-0.922) significantly decreased with increasing storage duration beyond 12 months. Regarding perinatal outcomes, gestational age significantly decreased with increasing storage duration beyond 6 months (G1 as reference; G2: P\u00a0=\u00a00.128; G3: P\u00a0=\u00a00.023; G4: P\u00a0=\u00a00.008).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, prolonged storage duration of vitrified cleavage-stage embryos negatively correlates with pregnancy and perinatal outcomes, particularly after 6 or 12 months.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fendo.2026.1765681","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,2]],"date-time":"2026-04-02T04:20:40Z","timestamp":1775103640000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Impact of post-vitrification storage duration on clinical outcomes of frozen-thawed cleavage-stage embryos transfer: a propensity 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