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Table 3 Primary outcomes

From: In vitro fertilisation with recombinant follicle stimulating hormone requires less IU usage compared with highly purified human menopausal gonadotrophin: results from a European retrospective observational chart review

Characteristic

rFSH

hMG-HP

p-value*

All Patients

Mean (SD) total dose of gonadotrophin per IVF cycle (IU) (All patients)

2072.53 (768.73)

2540.14 (883.08)

<0.01

2194.13 (825.9)

   (≤35 years)

1974.90 (726.77)

2418.56 (834.46)

<0.01

2085.84 (779.18)

   (≥36 years)

2280.41 (813.09)

2761.60 (925.33)

<0.01

2415.36 (873.21)

Mean (SD) total days of gonadotrophin treatment per IVF cycle (All patients)

11.41 (2.24)

11.65 (2.42)

<0.01

11.47 (2.29)

   (≤35 years)

11.41 (2.28)

11.65 (2.48)

<0.01

11.47 (2.33)

   (≥36 years)

11.41 (2.16)

11.65 (2.31)

<0.01

11.48 (2.21)

Mean (SD) starting dose of gonadotrophin (IU) (All patients)

176.38 (50.01)

206.16 (55.64)

<0.01

184.12 (53.16)

   (≤35 years)

167.97 (46.65)

195.94 (53.48)

<0.01

174.97 (49.94)

   (≥36 years)

194.26 (52.18)

224.76 (54.67)

<0.01

202.82 (54.63)

Median starting dose of gonadotrophin (IU) (All patients)

150

225

<0.01

150

   (≤35 years)

150

225

<0.01

150

   (≥36 years)

187.5

225

<0.01

225

  1. * Statistical significance for all outcomes assessed via Wilcoxon two sample test and two sample T-test