Table 1.

Concentrations of estradiol-17β and progesterone, and protein content in the follicular fluid of cystic and normal follicles

	Concentration (ng/mL) of		Estradiol-17β/progesterone	Protein content (mg/mL)
	Estradiol-17β	Progesterone
Normal (n = 3)	150.3 ± 115.8	57.5 ± 57.9	3.09 ± 2.85	87.6a
Cystic (n = 4)	59.4 ± 108.5	284.7 ± 181.8*	0.80 ± 1.55	83.1 ± 9.7

All data are expressed as mean ± standard error except for protein contents of normal follicles

^a Protein content was measured using a pooled sample of three normal follicles.

* Value of cystic FF is significantly different from value of normal FF (p < 0.05)