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Table 1 Characteristic of women who responded to 2.5 mg letrozole and who did not respond to 2.5 mg letrozole

From: Predictors of response to ovulation induction using letrozole in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Variables

Response to 2.5 mg letrozole

(n = 131)

No response to 2.5 mg letrozole

(n = 83)

P-value

Age, y (mean ± SD)

29.14 ± 3.18

28.61 ± 3.46

0.258

BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

23.09 ± 2.86

23.63 ± 3.10

0.197

Waist-hip ratio (mean ± SD)

0.84 ± 0.09

0.84 ± 0.06

0.557

Prior Gravidity, n (%)

37 (29.1)

21 (26.2)

0.771

Prior parity, n (%)

13 (10.2)

8 (10.0)

1.0

Menarche, y (mean ± SD)

13.28 ± 1.29

13.69 ± 1.45

0.042

mF-G score (mean ± SD)

3.82 ± 3.94

3.90 ± 3.59

0.886

AMH, ng/ml (mean ± SD)

8.99 ± 4.94

10.52 ± 5.18

0.042

Baseline FSH, IU/L (mean ± SD)

6.65 ± 1.84

6.89 ± 1.87

0.379

Baseline LH, IU/L (mean ± SD)

11.06 ± 6.03

13.88 ± 7.34

0.004

Baseline LH/FSH (mean ± SD)

1.69 ± 0.87

2.09 ± 1.10

0.005

Baseline E2, ng/mL (mean ± SD)

55.34 ± 35.10

54.16 ± 35.56

0.818

Baseline PRL, ng/mL (mean ± SD)

13.00 ± 6.91

11.35 ± 5.70

0.078

Total testosterone, ng/mL (mean ± SD)

0.69 ± 0.33

0.72 ± 0.28

0.521

SHGB, nmol/L (mean ± SD)

43.73 ± 32.79

41.71 ± 39.02

0.703

FAI (mean ± SD)

8.40 ± 8.20

10.34 ± 10.62

0.174

DHEA-S, ug/dL (mean ± SD)

270.88 ± 121.02

286.75 ± 135.42

0.412

HOMA-IR (mean ± SD)

2.64 ± 2.32

3.42 ± 3.80

0.075

  1. BMI body mass index, AMH anti-müllerian hormone, FSH follicle stimulating hormone, LH luteinizing hormone, E2 estradiol, PRL prolactin, SHBG sex hormone-binding globulin, FAI free androgen index, DHEA-S dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance