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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients included in the study

From: A retrospective study on IVF outcome in euthyroid patients with anti-thyroid antibodies: effects of levothyroxine, acetyl-salicylic acid and prednisolone adjuvant treatments

 

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

p

Patients

38

55

36

200

ns

Age (yrs)

37.0 +/- 3.5

35.1 +/- 4.1

35.7 +/- 3.8

36.6 +/- 3.6

ns

BMI

22.1 +/- 3.7

22.6 +/- 3.5

22.8 +/- 2.8

21.8 +/- 3.0

ns

PCO (%)

8.6

10.9

11

10.8

ns

Smoke (%)

10.5

9

8.5

12.3

Ns

FSH (UI/L)

7.3 +/- 2.2

7.3 +/- 2.5

6.7 +/- 1.8

7.1 +/- 2.5

Ns

Antral follicle count

5.8 +/- 3.1

6.7 +/- 3.4

6.9 +/- 3.5

7.0 +/- 1.9

Ns

TSH (mIU/L)

2.0 +/- 1.2

2.1 +/- 1.3

2.1 +/- 1.5

2.2 +/- 1.1

Ns

fT4 (pg/mL)

10.6 +/- 2.8

9.9 +/- 3.5

10.1 +/- 3.2

10.3 +/- 3.0

Ns

fT3 (pg/mL)

3.1 +/- 1.4

3.0 +/- 1.5

3.2 +/- 1.7

3.3 +/- 1.9

Ns

  1. Group A: ATA+, untreated patients. Group B: ATA+ patients treated with LT adjuvant therapy. Group C: ATA+ patients treated with LT+ASA+P adjuvant therapy; Group D: ATA-controls.