Menstrual cycle length: a surrogate measure of reproductive health capable of improving the accuracy of biochemical/sonographical ovarian reserve test in estimating the reproductive chances of women referred to ART

Table 1 General features of eligible patients stratified for class of age

VARIABLES	ALL PATIENTS [455] [MEAN(±STANDARD DEVIATION)]	AGE CLASS and PATIENT NUMBER
		[CLASS_1 (>40 years) 157]
		[CLASS_2 (35–40 years) 115]
		[CLASS_3 (26–34 years) 155]
		[CLASS_4 (<26 years) 28]
		[MEAN(±STANDARD DEVIATION)]
PATIENT’S AGE (years)	[36.42 (7.25)]	CLASS_1 [44.3 (2.4)]
		CLASS_2 [37.9 (1.5)]
		CLASS_3 [29.4 (2.6)]
		CLASS_4 [24.4 (0.7)]
BMI	[22.1 (2.1)]	CLASS_1 [22.7 (1.6)]
		CLASS_2 [22.4 (2.1)]
		CLASS_3 [21.5 (2.4)]
		CLASS_4 [22.1 (2.1)]
bFSH	[9,8 (4.3)]	CLASS_1 [12.5 (4.3)]
		CLASS_2 [10.7 (4.3)]
		CLASS_3 [6.9 (1.8)]
		CLASS_4 [6.5 (2.0)]
bAMH	[2.0(1.7)]	CLASS_1 [0.7 (0.8)]
		CLASS_2 [1.7 (1.1)]
		CLASS_3 [3.3 (1.7)]
		CLASS_4 [3.6 (1.7)]
bAFC	[9.9(6.4)]	CLASS_1 [5.2 (3.3)]
		CLASS_2 [8.5 (3.9)]
		CLASS_3 [14.6 (5.9)]
		CLASS_4 [15.9 (7.7)]
mean MCL	[28.1(2.4)]	CLASS_1 [26.4 (1.9)]
		CLASS_2 [28.2 (1.7)]
		CLASS_3 [29.4 (2.1)]
		CLASS_4 [29.7 (2.7)]

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