Research Article

Body Mass Index Impacts In Vitro Fertilization Stimulation

Table 1

Demographics and Prestimulation IVF cycle Characteristics. Results are given as mean values with their associated standard deviations for all patients in the study, patients with B M I < 2 5  kg/ m 2 compared to patients with B M I 2 5  kg/ m 2 , and patients with B M I < 3 0  kg/ m 2 compared to patients with B M I 3 0  kg/ m 2 .

All patients
𝑁 = 1 1 7
B M I < 2 5  kg/ m 2
𝑁 = 5 8
B M I 2 5  kg/ m 2
𝑁 = 5 9
𝑃 value B M I < 3 0  kg/ m 2
𝑁 = 9 6
B M I 3 0  kg/ m 2
𝑁 = 2 1
𝑃 value

Age 3 3 . 7 ± 4 . 1 3 4 . 1 ± 4 . 2 3 3 . 3 ± 4 . 0 . 3 0 3 3 . 8 ± 4 . 1 3 3 . 1 ± 4 . 1 .44
D3 FSH (mIU/mL) 5 . 5 ± 1 . 7 5 . 7 ± 1 . 5 5 . 3 ± 1 . 9 . 2 1 5 . 5 ± 1 . 7 5 . 5 ± 1 . 9 .95
D3 LH (mIU/mL) 5 . 3 ± 2 . 8 5 . 2 ± 2 . 4 5 . 4 ± 3 . 1 . 9 0 5 . 3 ± 2 . 7 5 . 4 ± 3 . 1 .79
Androstenedione (ng/dL) 9 5 . 3 ± 5 0 . 1 8 8 . 2 ± 4 9 . 9 1 0 2 . 7 ± 5 0 . 4 . 3 2 9 6 . 8 ± 4 8 . 0 8 6 . 4 ± 6 5 . 5 .61
DHEAS (ug/dL) 1 7 3 . 0 ± 9 6 . 9 1 6 6 . 9 ± 9 0 . 8 1 7 9 . 0 ± 1 0 3 . 0 . 4 8 1 7 1 . 3 ± 8 9 . 4 1 8 1 . 2 ± 1 2 9 . 3 .86
Testosterone (ng/dL) 4 3 . 0 ± 1 8 . 9 4 0 . 3 ± 1 6 . 5 4 5 . 8 ± 2 0 . 7 . 1 2 4 1 . 2 ± 1 6 . 5 5 1 . 6 ± 2 6 . 3 .14
Number of Antral follicles 2 0 . 6 ± 1 2 . 7 1 7 . 5 ± 1 0 . 0 2 4 . 2 ± 1 4 . 1 < . 0 5 1 9 . 7 ± 1 1 . 7 2 4 . 6 ± 1 4 . 7 .17
Total Ovarian volume (c m 3 ) 1 3 . 4 ± 6 . 4 1 2 . 8 ± 6 . 4 1 3 . 9 ± 3 . 3 . 4 8 1 3 . 1 ± 6 . 4 1 4 . 6 ± 6 . 7 .38

S ignificant 𝑃 values ( .05).