Table 2.

ART outcomes in low responder women.

Variable	FSH	hMG	FSH+LH	p-value
Number of cycles n (%)	623 (61.9%)	164 (16.3%)	219 (21.8%)
Female Age (years)	38.00 ± 3.45	38.74 ± 3.35	38.74 ± 2.96	0.002
Male Age (years)	40.01 ± 5.38	41.10 ± 6.45	40.36 ± 4.77	0.070
Basal FSH (IU/L)	9.01 ± 3.97	9.61 ± 3.99	9.57 ± 3.91	0.083
Basal LH (IU/L)	5.36 ± 2.75	5.09 ± 2.05	6.11 ± 2.47	0.019
AMH (ng/mL)	± 1.16	0.69 ± 0.76	0.66 ± 0.82	< 0.001
AFC	6.29 ± 4.68	5.58 ± 3.52	4.80 ± 2.44	< 0.001
Total FSH doses (IU/L)	3,893 ± 1,375	3,621 ± 1,289	3,269 ± 1,046	< 0.001
Total LH dose (IU/L)	0	0	1,484 ± 575	< 0.001
FSH dose/oocytes ratio	1,944 ± 1,276	1,847 ± 1,069	1,555 ± 825	< 0.001
Oocytes retrieved	2.36 ± 0.73	2.27 ± 0.74	2.37 ± 0.69	0.327
MII oocytes	1.78 ± 0.91	1.84 ± 0.85	1.86 ± 0.86	0.481
MII oocytes/oocytes retrieved	0.75 ± 0.32	0.80 ± 0.29	0.78 ± 0.30	0.099
Injected oocytes	1.76 ± 0.94	1.81 ± 0.88	1.84 ± 0.87	0.488
Frozen oocytes	0.01 ± 0.17	0.02 ± 0.17	0	0.495
Fertilized oocytes	1.31 ± 0.94	1.20 ± 0.90	1.41 ± 0.89	0.075
Cumulative embryos	1.25 ± 0.91	1.16 ± 0.88	1.34 ± 0.86	0.149
Transferred embryos	1.22 ± 0.90	1.212 ± 0.87	1.32 ± 0.87	0.084
Frozen embryos	0.03 ± 0.22	0.04 ± 0.23	0.01 ± 0.12	0.418
Implantation rate	10.05 ± 27.00	9.38 ± 25.08	13.48 ± 29.68	0.305
Biochemical pregnancies n (%)	65 (10.4%)	17 (10.4%)	35 (16.0%)	0.186
Deliveries n (%)	40 (6.4%)	11 (6.7%)	21 (9.6%)	0.948
Miscarriage n (%) *	24 (3.8%)	6 (3.7%)	14 (6.4%)	0.921
Miscarriage n (%)**	24 (36.9%)	6 (35.3%)	14 (40.0%)
Ectopic pregnancies n (%)*	1 (0.2%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.978
Ectopic pregnancies n (%)**	1 (1.5%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number (percentage).

^*% Considering the total number of cycles.

^**% Considering the number of clinical pregnancies.

Bold values, represent statistical significant p-values.