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. 2021 Mar 18;12:601752. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.601752

Table 4.

Characteristics of POI patients within different etiologies.

Characteristics Genetic (n=61) Iatrogenic (n=35) Autoimmune (n=102) Idiopathic (n=403) P
Age at diagnosis (y) 29.16 ± 4.22 30.11 ± 3.79 29.90 ± 4.30 29.71 ± 4.05 0.648 f
BMI (kg/m2) 22.30 ± 2.98 21.88 ± 2.65 22.52 ± 2.98 22.80 ± 3.46 0.327 f
Age at menarche (y) a , c , d , e 15.95 ± 3.34 13.40 ± 1.56 14.81 ± 2.84 14.68 ± 2.19 <0.001 f
Age at irregularity (y) 21.18 ± 5.28 24.41 ± 5.24 21.63 ± 6.30 21.54 ± 5.83 0.056 f
Age at amenorrhea (y) 22.14 ± 5.08 25.11 ± 5.35 23.02 ± 6.23 23.12 ± 5.80 0.186 f
FSH (IU/L) 63.14 ± 26.66 59.82 ± 32.99 59.43 ± 23.35 62.21 ± 27.71 0.756 f
LH (IU/L) 30.28 ± 15.91 33.53 ± 23.43 30.59 ± 15.52 31.99 ± 16.22 0.762 f
PRL (ng/mL) 11.26 (7.94, 16.54) 11.23 (7.86, 18.30) 10.84 (7.07, 15.12) 9.90 (7.56, 14.16) 0.240 g
E2 (pg/mL) 9.08 (5.00, 23.90) 12.35 (6.53, 24.78) 11.50 (5.00, 28.25) 9.00 (5.00, 23.15) 0.419 g
T (ng/dL) 18.76 ± 14.50 17.35 ± 13.55 17.53 ± 13.11 20.36 ± 16.03 0.353 f
AMH (ng/mL) a , d 0.076 (0.072, 0.083) 0.080 (0.076, 0.33) 0.078 (0.069, 0.083) 0.079 (0.071, 0.090) 0.011 g
Inhibin B (pg/mL) a , b , c 10 (10, 13.69) 14 (10, 16.6) 14 (10, 16.20) 13.5 (10, 16) 0.003 g
AFC a , c 0 (0, 0) 1 (0, 2) 0 (0, 1) 0 (0, 1) <0.001 g

Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range).

BMI, body mass index; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; LH, luteinizing hormone; E2, estradiol; PRL, prolactin; T, testosterone; AMH, anti-müllerian.

Hormone; AFC, antral follicle count.

a

P < 0.05 for the comparison between genetic POI and iatrogenic POI.

b

P < 0.05 for the comparison between genetic POI and autoimmune POI.

c

P < 0.05 for the comparison between genetic POI and idiopathic POI.

d

P < 0.05 for the comparison between iatrogenic POI and autoimmune POI.

e

P < 0.05 for the comparison between iatrogenic POI and idiopathic POI.

f

One-way analysis of variance.

g

Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA test.