Table 4.

Follicular fluid hormone concentration in cases of oocyte capture (+), and no oocyte capture (-) for each follicle size

Follicle Size	<10 mm		10–12 mm		13–15 mm		16–18 mm		>18 mm
Oocyte Captured	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-
(n)	(2)	(5)	(5)	(11)	(12)	(10)	(8)	(3)	(43)	(12)
E2 (ng/mL)	171 ± 100	289 ± 254	322 ± 266	431 ± 278	366 ± 212	442 ± 165	535 ± 308	596 ± 148	498 ± 275	484 ± 219
FSH (IU/L)	2.65 ± 3.2	1.3 ± 1.2	4.2 ± 3.2	3.45 ± 2.7	7.64 ± 3.9 *	3.10 ± 3.1	7.80 ± 4.2	5.73 ± 2.7	6.84 ± 4.5	5.54 ± 3.9
hCG (IU/L)	68.5 ± 46.0	29.8 ± 27.9	105.7 ± 55.3	85.2 ± 51.4	120.3 ± 58.8	96.5 ± 79.2	120.9 ± 91.8	131.0 ± 45.1	78.9 ± 45.3	69.1 ± 21.7
P (μg/mL)	0.2	1.0 ± 0.9	2.4 ± 1.8	2.6 ± 2.1	7.2 ± 4.8	7.6 ± 6.4	12.2 ± 11.8	10.9 ± 2.8	11.8 ± 6.0	13.9 ± 3.2
PRL (ng/mL)	192 ± 156	100 ± 81	323 ± 118	219 ± 95	272 ± 167	369 ± 169	402 ± 289	470 ± 157	352 ± 244	443 ± 201
T (ng/dL)	655 ± 515	337 ± 219	667 ± 529	497 ± 399	385 ± 181	446 ± 148	674 ± 376	749 ± 300	585 ± 353	536 ± 165

Values represent means and standard deviations for each follicular fluid hormone.

* p <0.01