Table 1 Demographics and basal characteristics of patients in this study

Age

43.32 ± 2.49

43.15 ± 2.56

0.692

Basal FSH (mIU/ml)

8.70 ± 2.51

7.91 ± 2.21

0.061

Basal LH (mIU/ml)

4.58 ± 1.60

4.68 ± 1.98

0.742

Basal Estradiol (pmol/L)

135.06 ± 84.75

192.91 ± 149.42

0.006

Basal Progesterone (nmol/L)

1.25 ± 0.85

0.56 ± 0.30

< 0.001

BMI

22.63 ± 2.68

21.95 ± 2.63

0.137

AFC

8.23 ± 3.17

7.09 ± 3.29

0.039

Infertility factor (%)

0.500

Female

93(76.2%)

36(76.7%)

/

Male

15(12.3%)

3(6.4%)

/

Both

2(1.6%)

2(4.3%)

/

Unexplained

12(9.8%)

6(12.8%)

/

Primary infertility (%)

21(17.2%)

9(19.1%)

0.944

Infertility duration

5.78 ± 4.49

6.33 ± 5.95

0.810

Previous IVF attempts

2.00 ± 2.11

2.79 ± 1.94

0.028