Table 5.

Inter-comparison of data between low, medium and high follicular fluid (FF) DHEAS groups

Parameter	Low FF DHEAS < 760 ng/ml (n = 133)	Medium FF DHEAS 760–2100 ng/ml (n = 407)	High FF DHEAS > 2100 ng/ml (n = 141)	One-way ANOVA (Kruskal-Wallis test) p value
Age (years)	33.96 ± 2.9	32.53 ± 2.1	32.81 ± 3.0	0.091
day of hCG E2 (pg/ml)	780 ± 26.31	2250 ± 75.43	5500 ± 77.58	0.029*
FF E2 (pg/ml)	78,250 ± 5525	114,700 ± 4870	181,380 ± 9950	0.0002
Mean no. of eggs retrieved	4.2 ± 1.98	12.5 ± 2.7	27.4 ± 3.1	0.001*
Eggs fertilised, %	56.67 ± 2.9	86.84 ± 6.0	54.97 ± 3.7	< 0.0001
Embryos cleaved, %	52.58 ± 2.4	84.57 ± 6.2	54.29 ± 3.5	< 0.0001
Blastocysts formed, %	22.38 ± 3.17	45.51 ± 7.6	24.97 ± 4.2	< 0.0001
Live birth (n), %	(21) 15.79 ± 3.66	(154) 37.84 ± 4.8	(23) 16.31 ± 3.7	< 0.0001