Table 1.

Effect of DHEA on ovulatory function and oocyte quality.

	CTRL (Mean ± SEM)	DHEA (Mean ± SEM)
No. of oocytes from per mouse	17.4 ± 1.0	10.8 ± 1.0 **
Percentage of MII oocytes	92.1 ± 1.2%	86.4 ± 3.9%
Percentage of MII oocytes with normal metaphase plate	77.2 ± 4.0%	44.0 ± 7.5% **
Percentage of degenerated oocytes	8.0 ± 1.2%	13.6 ± 3.9%

**, p < 0.01, t-test.