Table 1.

Baseline clinical characteristics of the study groups.

Characteristics	Thalassemia	Controls	p
	n = 21	n = 105
Age (years)	35.1 ± 2.7	35.1 ± 2.6	0.99
BMI (kg/m2)	23.1 ± 3.5	22.1 ± 4.7	0.36
Previous deliveries	2 (10%)	5 (5%)	0.33
AMH (ng/ml)	0.6 [0.2–1.8]	1.5 [0.7–3.5]	0.05
AFC	4 [1–7.5]	11 [5.5–16]	<0.001
Indication to IVF			<0.001
Unexplained	0 (0%)	32 (31%)
Endometriosis	0 (0%)	22 (21%)
Tubal factor	0 (0%)	12 (11%)
Anovulation	17 (81%)	3 (3%)
Male factor	0 (0%)	21 (20%)
Mixed	4 (19%)	15 (14%)

AFC: Antral Follicle Count.

Data are repoorted as mean ± SD or medain [interquartile range) or number (percentage).