Table 3.

comparison of mean cortisol level on the day of oocyte retrieval (T1) and on the day of embryo transfer (T2) among the three groups divided according to BAI scores

	Groups			Intergroup comparisons: P-value
	Group A(n= 36)	Group B(n= 24)	Group C(n= 19)	A vs B	A vs C	B vs C
T1 Cortisol level (µg/dl)	95.47±31.97	103.00±41.75	105.94±55.40	0.433	0.454	0.843
T2 Cortisol level (µg/dl)	121.80±34.58	144.37±60.33	165.78±51.67	0.106	0.002*	0.226

T1 cortisolemia: on the day of oocyte retrieval, T2 cortisolemia: on the day of embryo transfer; *: Statistically significant difference (p<0.05); Data are presented as mean ± SD