Table 5.
Cycles with and without LH supplementation: Number of mature oocytes (MII)
| rec FSH +rec LH | rec FSH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trail | n | mean±sd | n | mean±sd | WMD | 95%CI fixed |
| Tarlatzis | 47 | 6.9±4.9 | 52 | 6.2±4.8 | 0.7 | −1.21, 2.61 |
| 2006 | ||||||
| Humaidan | 116 | 8.3±4.9 | 115 | 9.1±4.5 | −0.8 | −2.01, 0.41 |
| 2004 | ||||||
| Marrs | 212 | 10.3±5.9 | 219 | 10.4±6.3 | −0.1 | −1.25, 1.05 |
| 2004 | ||||||
| Lisi | 122 | 5.71±2.96 | 331 | 5.52±3.04 | 0.19 | −0.44, 0.82 |
| 2002 | ||||||
| Total | 497 | 717 | ||||
| Pooled effect size | 0.016 | −0.46, 0.50 | ||||
| Fixed effects (Mulrow-Oxman) | ||||||
Note. Z (test WMD + differs from 0)= 0.64, p: 0.95.
Non-combinability: Cohran Q=2.57 (df=3), p=0.46.