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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2012 Oct 18;99(2):477–483. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.09.039

Table 2.

Acute Changes in Ovarian Reserve

Measure of Ovarian Reserve (N=46) Baseline Levels Median (interquartile range) Unadjusted Median Change During Treatment Unadjusted Percent Change During Treatment n (95%CI) P value Adjusted Percent Change During Treatment* n (95% CI) P value
FSH** 5.2 mIU/ml (3.3–8.6) 13.8 mIU/mL 321 (167 to 565) <0.0001
 Treatment < 90 days 5.0 mlU/mL 96 (−11 to 332) 0.088 37 (−90 to 1765) 0.27
 Treatment ≥ 90 days 29.8 mIU/mL 554 (225 to 1216) <0.0001 1544 (300 to 5779) 0.001
LH 4.0 mIU/mL (2.0–7.3) 5.2 mIU/mL 183 (69 to 373) <0.0001 315 (46 to 1080) 0.009
AMH 2.0 ng/mL (1.0–3.5) −1.7 ng/mL −89 (−84 to −93) <0.0001 −61 (−82 to −6) 0.018
Estradiol 41.0 pg/mL (25.3–61.8) −27.2 pg/mL −56 (−31 to −71) .001 −25 (−69 to 81) 0.64
Inhibin 39.7 pg/mL (14.1–84.6) −19.0 pg/mL −55 (−25 to −73) .003 37 (−46 to 247) 0.5
MOV (n=26) 9.8 cm3 (6.4–13.7) −4.0 cm3 −46 (−28 to −60) <0.0001 −18 (−55 to 49) 0.48
AFC (n=26) 20 follicles (11−41) −27 follicles −75 (−56 to −85) <0.0001 24 (−57 to 258) 0.67
*

Models adjusted for hormone levels at baseline and alkylator score. FSH and Estradiol also adjusted for exogenous hormone use

**

Overall adjusted change in FSH not reported due to presence of interaction with treatment length