Anti-Mullerian Hormone: Above and Beyond Conventional Ovarian Reserve Markers

Table 1

Comparison of characteristics of the most widely used markers of ovarian reserve (modified with permission from La Marca et al. [44, 47]).

Characteristics of a good marker	Age	AMH	FSH	AFC
Low intercycle variability	+++	+++	−	++
Low intracycle variability	+++	++	−	++
Applicable to all patients	+++	+++	+	+
Operator independency	+++	+++	+++	−
Prediction of poor response	+	+++	++	+++
Prediction of hyper response	+	+++	+	+++
Prediction of oocyte retrieval	++	+++	+	+++
Individualization of treatment	+	+++	−	+++
Economics	+++	−	−	−

−: not appropriate, +: not very appropriate, ++: appropriate, and +++: very appropriate.