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Table 2 Outcomes 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

Pregnancy rate

85/131 (64.8%)

26/83 (31.3%)

< 0.001

Live birth rate

69/131 (52.7%)

18/83 (21.7%)

< 0.001

Pregnancies per ovulating patient

85/131 (64.9%)

26/74 (35.1%)

< 0.001

Live births per ovulating patient

69/131 (52.7%)

18/74 (24.3%)

< 0.001

Pregnancies per cycle

85/320 (26.6%)

26/285 (7.0%)

< 0.001

Live births per cycle

69/320 (21.6%)

18/285 (6.3%)

< 0.001

Average cycles taken to pregnancy (mean ± SD)

1.82 ± 0.90

2.77 ± 0.82

< 0.001