Table 2.

Anthropometric and clinical data of patients obtaining more than 8 oocytes at ovum pick-up. Women in Group A received r-FSH + r-LH/2:1, those in Group B hMG. Data are expressed as mean ± SD or as percentage

	Group A	Group B	p
Number of patients	101	109
Age (yrs)	36.2 ± 4.3	35.7 ± 4.5	ns
Basal (day 3) FSH (IU/l)	7.1 ± 2.5	7.2 ± 2.8	ns
BMI	22.7 ± 3.9	22.3 ± 2.9	ns
Main infertility cause (%)			ns
Anovulation	0	0.9 %
Endometriosis	8.9	8.3
Male	43.6	43.1
Tubal	11.9	18.3
Unexplained	24.7	23.8
Mixed	10.9	5.5
Smokehabit (%)	14.8	20.2	ns
Total Gonadotropin dose (IU)	2453 ± 1539	2801 ± 1117	ns
Peak E2 (pg/ml)	2924 ± 1175	2649 ± 964	ns
Retrieved oocytes/patient	12.4 ± 3.6	11.9 ± 3.3	ns
MII oocytes/patient	9.2 ± 2.4	9.1 ± 2.3	ns
Embryo morphological score	7.1 ± 2.8	6.9 ± 3.0	ns
Top scored (>8/10) embryos (%)	28	25	ns
Number of transferred embryos	2.3 ± 0.7	2.4 ± 0.7	ns
Endometrial thickness (mm)	10.6 ± 2.5	10.8 ± 2.2	ns