Table 3.

Menstrual cycle status before the intervention

Menstrual before
			Regular	Irregular	Total
group	placebo	Count	3	35	38
		% within group	7.9%	92.1%	100.0%
	intervention	Count	1	37	38
		% within group	2.6%	97.4%	100.0%
Total		Count	4	72	76
		% within group	5.3%	94.7%	100.0%
Menstrual after
group	placebo	Count	5	33	38
		% within group	13.2%	86.8%	100.0%
	intervention	Count	16	22	38
		% within group	42.1%	57.9%	100.0%
Total		Count	21	55	76
		% within group	27.6%	72.4%	100.0%

Group 1: placebo. Group 2: EPO 1000 mg/day. Chi-Square Tests. p value less than 5% was considered significant.