Impact of Exogenous Gonadotropin Stimulation on Circulatory and Follicular Fluid Cytokine Profiles

Table 1

Participant and cycle demographics in MNC and COH cycles.

	NC Cycle	COH Cycle	-value
Age (years)	30.8 ± 0.72 (27–34)	31.9 ± 1.20 (24–35)	0.21
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.5 ± 0.86 (20.0–28.0)	24.0 ± 0.87 (20.0–30.0)	0.88
Baseline FSH (IU/L)	5.2 ± 0.40 (4.0–8.0)	6.0 ± 0.45 (3.9–7.9)	0.24
Baseline LH (IU/L)	5.2 ± 0.48 (2.6–7.1)	4.6 ± 0.55 (1.5–7.4)	0.44
Baseline (pmol/L)	115.2 ± 12.23 (73–162)	117.8 ± 18.14 (25–193)	0.92
Day of cycle for aspiration	14 ± 0.93 (10–20)	13.1 ± 0.34 (12–15)	0.35
Follicular volume (mL)	2.3 ± 0.40 (0.5–4.0)	3.0 ± 0.51 (1.0–6.5)	0.62
Mature oocyte (%)	70^a	100^b	0.06
Clinical pregnancy (%)	20^c	30^c	0.61

Mean ± SEM (range), unless otherwise specified. ^aOne patient spontaneously ovulated, therefore 9 oocytes were retrieved; ^bFollicles yielding a mature oocyte which was subsequently transferred as an embryo were included in this cohort; ^cClinical pregnancy rate calculated per embryos transferred [MNC: 7 embryos transferred; COH; 10 embryos transferred].