Parameters | Infertile Patient Age Group (years) | Control Age Group (years) | Infertile versus control p-value | ||||||||
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25–28 | 29–35 | 36–39 | p-value | Total | 25–28 | 29–35 | 36–39 | p-value | Total | ||
Number of women [n (%)] | 90 (21.3) | 210 (49.6) | 123 (29.07) | 423 (100) | 101 (26.0) | 165 (42.5) | 122 (31.4) | 388 (100) | |||
Endocrine parameters | |||||||||||
AMH (ng/ml) [median (95% population limit)] | 5.1 (3.2;9.9) | 4.8 (4.5;8.0) | 3.4 (2.5;7.1) | < 0.002b | 4.8 (4.5;6.9) | 5.4 (4.9;9.6) | 5.0 (4.9;9.4) | 3.6 (3.6;9.2) | < 0.001b | 5.0 (3.2;6.8) | 0.08b |
AMH (ng/ml) categories [n (%)] | |||||||||||
< 0.7 | 3 (3.3) | 28 (13.3) | 25 (20.3) | 0.002c | 56 (13.2) | 4 (3.96) | 12 (7.3) | 18 (14.7) | < 0.001c | 34 (8.7) | 0.3c |
0.7–4.5 | 16 (17.7) | 45 (21.4) | 65 (52.8) | 126 (29.7) | 15 (14.9) | 38 (23.0) | 52 (42.6) | 105 (27.0) | |||
4.5–7.9 | 45 (50) | 107 (50.9) | 18 (14.6) | 170 (40.1) | 68 (67.3) | 85 (51.5) | 47 (38.5) | 200 (51.5) | |||
≥ 8.0 | 26 (28.9) | 30 (14.3) | 15 (12.2) | 71 (16.7) | 14 (13.9) | 30 (18.1) | 5 (4.0) | 49 (12.6) | |||
FSH (IU/L) [median (95% population limit)] | 6.9 (6.5;8.1) | 7.1 (7.1;8.3) | 7.2 (8.1;9.5) | 0.3b | 7.1 (7.6;8.4) | 6.5 (5.5;6.8) | 6.7 (5.9;7.2) | 6.8 (5.8;7.0) | 0.8b | 6.6 (6.0;7.1) | 0.01b |
FSH (IU/L) categories [n (%)] | |||||||||||
< 4 | 17 (18.8) | 22 (10.5) | 3 (2.4) | 0.4c | 42 (9.92) | 5 (4.9) | 11 (6.6) | 4 (3.3) | 0.5c | 20 (5.1) | 0.07c |
5–8 | 58 (64.4) | 158 (75.2) | 65 (52.8) | 281 (66.4) | 45 (44.5) | 75 (45.5) | 41 (36.0) | 161 (41.5) | |||
9–14 | 10 (11.1) | 9 (4.3) | 35 (28.5) | 54 (12.7) | 35 (34.6) | 45 (27.2) | 69 (56.5) | 149 (38.4) | |||
15–20 | 5 (5.5) | 21 (10) | 20 (16.3) | 46 (10.8) | 16 (15.8) | 34 (26.6) | 8 (6.5) | 58 (14.9) | |||
LH (IU/L) [median (95% population limit)] | 6.4 (6.0;7.1) | 6.3 (5.8;6.7) | 6.5 (6.1;7.0) | 0.7b | 6.3 (6.1;6.8) | 5.9 (5.5;6.3) | 5.5 (4.4;5.9) | 5.4 (5.1;6.7) | 0.07b | 5.5 (5.1;7.1) | 0.03b |
LH/FSH-ratio (IU/L) [median (95% population limit)] | 1 (0.8;1.8) | 0.9 (0.6;1.7) | 0.9 (0.8;1.5) | 0.4b | 0.9 (0.7;1.6) | 0.8 (0.5;1.9) | 0.8 (0.4;1.5) | 0.8 (0.6;1.8) | 0.7b | 0.8 (0.5;1.7) | 0.01b |
Ultrasonography parameters | |||||||||||
Total number of AFC [median (95% population limit)] | 30 (26.9;31.5) | 22 (21.7;24.6) | 14 (12;14.2) | < 0.0001b | 21 (20.5;28.6) | 29.0 (24.7;29.0) | 23.0 (24.7;29.0) | 14.0 (16.4;20.5) | < 0.001b | 0.7b | |
AFC categories [n (%)] | |||||||||||
< 8 | 0 (0) | 14 (6.7) | 25 (20.3) | < 0.0001c | 39 (9.2) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.2) | 8 (6.5) | 0.0001c | 10 (2.5) | 0.7c |
9–20 | 15 (16.7) | 71 (3.3) | 88 (71.5) | 174 (41.1) | 28 (27.7) | 66 (40) | 70 (57.3) | 164 (42.2) | |||
21–45 | 69 (76.7) | 117 (55.7) | 8 (6.5) | 194 (45.8) | 68 (67.3) | 93 (56.3) | 43 (35.2) | 204 (52.5) | |||
> 46 | 6 (6.7) | 8 (3.8) | 2 (1.6) | 16 (3.78) | 5 (4.9) | 4 (2.4) | 1 (0.8) | 10 (2.5) | |||
Ovarian volume (ml) [median (95% population limit)] | 5.6 (3.2;11.6) | 5.4 (2.5;10.6) | 5.3 (2.3;11.9) | 0.2b | 5.5 (2.5;11.7) | 5.1 (2.1; 8.97) | 4.9 (2.7;9.1) | 4.5 (2.3;9.9) | 0.001b | 4.9 (2.3;8.9) | 0.008b |