Clinical Study

[Retracted] Increasing the Stimulation Dose of rFSH in Unexpected Poor Responders Is Not Associated with Better IVF Outcome

Table 1

Baseline information on the characteristics of women and regimens.

ParameterFirst cycle (low dose)Second cycle (high dose) š‘ƒ value

Age (years)a 3 4 . 3 5 Ā± 3 . 8 8 3 5 Ā± 3 . 7 0 NS
Basal FSH (mIU/mL) on day 3a 7 . 3 Ā± 1 . 9 1 7 . 1 5 Ā± 2 . 5 6 NS
BMI (kg/m2)a 2 2 . 3 Ā± 3 . 1 2 2 . 5 Ā± 3 . 2 NS
Treatment duration (days)a 1 1 . 4 5 Ā± 1 . 6 7 1 1 . 7 Ā± 1 . 1 1 NS
E2 level on day of HCG (pg/mL)a 7 1 1 . 8 Ā± 2 7 8 . 4 8 2 2 . 4 2 Ā± 3 1 1 . 2 NS
Total rFSH dose (IU)a 2 0 1 8 . 0 6 Ā± 5 5 7 . 6 3 3 3 4 . 5 Ā± 6 4 3 . 2 š‘ƒ < 0 . 0 5
rFSH dose (IU) per stimulation daya 1 7 6 . 2 5 Ā± 3 6 . 2 2 2 8 5 . 0 0 Ā± 5 9 . 3 2 š‘ƒ < 0 . 0 5

aValues are mean Ā± SD
NS = Not significant.