Table 2.
Summary of systematic literature search result
| Reference | Patient population | Indication |
|---|---|---|
| Hobkirk et al., 1974 [59] | 4 Non-pregnant women | Urinary assay development |
| Wright et al., 1978 [51] | N/A | Urinary assay development |
| Baker et al., 1979 [55] | 11 Women with normal cycles | Urinary assay development |
| Branch et al., 1982 [56] | 6 Women (aged 22–28 years) with normal cycles | Urinary assay development |
| Frenkel et al., 1985 [54] | 28 Infertile women | Urinary assay development |
| Alessio et al., 1985 [67] | Group 1: 271 from the general population, group 2: 105 exposed to cadmium, group 3: 16 men | Urinary assay development |
| Miller et al., 2004 [66] | 30 Women | Urinary assay development |
| Sawant et al., 2018 [68] | 120 Healthy individuals | Urinary assay development |
| Newman et al., 2019 [49] |
4 Premenopausal and 8 Postmenopausal women |
Urinary assay development |
| Denari et al., 1981 [53] | 24 Women with normal cycles | Application of urinary assay |
| MacLean et al., 1981 [71] | 12 Women (22 cycles) | Application of urinary assay |
| Thornton et al., 1990 [65] | 24 Women (57 cycles) | Application of urinary assay |
| Blackwell et al., 2018 [49] | N/A | Application of urinary assay |
| Lessing et al., 1987 [58] | 31 Patients with mean age 32 (24–40), from D3 with 225 IU hMG for ovulation induction | Stimulation cycle |
| Catalan et al., 1989 [52] | 14 Women (aged 27 to 36 years), ovulation induction CC + 75 IU hMG) | Stimulation cycle |
| Rapi et al., 1992 [47] | 24 Patients (31 cycles), GnRH-a long protocol, 225 IU hMG | Stimulation cycle |
| Alper et al., 1994 [60] | 25 Patients (age 29–39), GnRH – a short protocol, 150–300 IU hMG (3 to 6 samples per patient) | Stimulation cycle |
| Borth et al., 1957 [44] | 5 Women (aged 22–34) | Natural cycle |
| Stanczyk et al., 1980 [57] | 7 Women (aged 24–40) | Natural cycle |
| Pazzagli et al., 1987 [64] | 14 Women (aged 21–36) | Natural cycle |
| Catalan et al., 1989 [52] | 10 Healthy women (aged 23–33) | Natural cycle |
| Munro et al., 1991 [61] | 10 Healthy women (aged 23–40) | Natural cycle |
| Kesner et al., 1994 [61] | 13 Normal and 6 atypical menstrual cycles | Natural cycle |
| O ‘Connor et al., 2003 [63] | 30 Women with 34 paired days | Natural cycle |
| Roos et al., 2015 [45] | 40 Women (aged 18–40) | Natural cycle |
Results were automatically filtered to include studies in humans and publications in English, and duplicates were removed. Finally, 13 publications on urinary hormone assay development and application, and 12 publications on correlation between serum and urinary hormone assay in natural cycles and gonadotropin stimulated cycles were included for analysis