Table 1.
Cycles with and without LH supplementation: Days of stimulation
| rec FSH +rec LH | rec FSH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trail | n | mean±sd | n | mean±sd | WMD | 95%CI fixed |
| Tarlatzis | 55 | 9.7±2.3 | 57 | 9.9±3.2 | −0.2 | −1.24, 0.84 |
| 2006 | ||||||
| Humaidan | 116 | 11.1±1.4 | 115 | 11.1±1.4 | 0 | −0.36, 0.36 |
| 2004 | ||||||
| Marrs | 212 | 9.3±1.6 | 219 | 9.5±2.0 | −0.2 | −0.54, 0.14 |
| 2004 | ||||||
| Lisi | 122 | 12.57±0.15 | 331 | 12.77±0.27 | −0.2 | −0.25,−0.15 |
| 2002 | ||||||
| Total | 505 | 722 | ||||
| Pooled effect size | −0.198 | −0.24,−0.16 | ||||
| Fixed effects (Mulrow-Oxman) | ||||||
Note. Z (test WMD + differs from 0)= −9.96, p<0.0001.
Non-combinability: Cohran Q= 1.16 (df=3), p=0.76.