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. 2021 Nov 15;29(11):3147–3160. doi: 10.1007/s43032-021-00754-5

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