Table 4.
Cycles with and without LH supplementation: Number of retrieved oocytes
| rec FSH +rec LH | rec FSH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trail | n | mean±sd | n | mean±sd | WMD | 95%CI fixed |
| Tarlatzis | 55 | 10.1±5.4 | 57 | 9.8±7.0 | 0.3 | −2.02, 2.62 |
| 2006 | ||||||
| Humaidan | 116 | 9.3±5.4 | 115 | 10.0±4.7 | −0.7 | −2.00, 0.60 |
| 2004 | ||||||
| Marrs | 212 | 13.6±6.8 | 219 | 14.1±7.5 | −0.5 | −1.85, 0.85 |
| 2004 | ||||||
| Lisi | 122 | 7.0±0.32 | 331 | 6.97±0.20 | 0.03 | −0.02, 0.08 |
| 2002 | ||||||
| Total | 505 | 722 | ||||
| Pooled effect size | 0.03 | −0.03, 0.09 | ||||
| Fixed effects (Mulrow-Oxman) | ||||||
Note. Z (test WMD + differs from 0)=0.89, p=0.37.
Non-combinability: Cohran Q=1.84 (df=3), p=0.61.