Table 2. Evaluated parameters of women undergoing IVF/ICSI during the study period with a poor ovarian reserve (AFC ≤ 6) divided based on the diagnosis of endometriosis.
| Parameter | Endometriosis | Control | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | N | p* | |
| Age | 35.2 | 4.5 | 96 | 37.3 | 3.6 | 124 | < 0.001 |
| BMI | 24.2 | 4.4 | 90 | 24.4 | 4.2 | 119 | 0.8 |
| Median | IQR | N | Median | IQR | N | p ** | |
| AFC | 3.5 | 3.0–5.0 | 96 | 5.0 | 3.3–6.0 | 124 | < 0.001 |
| Number of oocytes retrieved | 2.00 | 0.3–4.8 | 96 | 3.0 | 1.0–5.0 | 124 | 0.2 |
| % | n | N | % | n | N | p *** | |
| Cycle cancelled - poor response | 11.5% | 11 | 96 | 7.3% | 9 | 124 | 0.4 |
| Underwent OR | 87.5% | 84 | 96 | 92.7% | 115 | 124 | 0.3 |
| Underwent ET | 65.6% | 63 | 96 | 66.1% | 82 | 124 | 1.0 |
| Women with surplus embryos | 14.6% | 14 | 96 | 14.5% | 18 | 124 | 1.0 |
| Clinical pregnancy | 11.5% | 11 | 96 | 13.7% | 17 | 124 | 0.7 |
| Live birth | 9.4% | 9 | 96 | 8.9% | 11 | 124 | 1.0 |
| COS | |||||||
| FSH + Ant | 52.1% | 50 | 96 | 69.4% | 86 | 124 | 0.03 |
| FSH + Ago | 17.7% | 17 | 96 | 10.5% | 13 | 124 | |
| CC + FSH + Ant | 30.2% | 29 | 96 | 20.2% | 25 | 124 | |
Abbreviations: AFC, antral follicle count; Ago, agonist protocol; Ant, antagonist protocol; BMI, body mass index; CC, clomiphene citrate; COS, controlled ovarian stimulation; ET, embryo transfer; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; IQR, interquartile range; n, number of events; N, number of woman analyzed; OR, oocyte retrieval; SD, standard deviation.
Notes: *p values calculated by unpaired t-test; **p values calculated by Mann-Whitney test; ***p values calculated by Fisher exact test or Chi-square (χ2) test.