Table 3.
Treatment outcomes in groups stratified according to obesity
| Combination | p-value | CC | p-value | |||
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| Lean PCOS cases n=34 | Obese PCOS cases n=36 | Lean PCOS cases n=33 | Obese PCOS cases n=30 | |||
| Number of follicles ≥14 mm | 1.88±1.03 | 1.06±0.58 | 0.001 | 0.55±0.51 | 0.74±0.51 | 0.15 |
| Number of follicles ≥18 mm | 1.88±0.54 | 1.83±0.74 | 0.753 | 1.36±0.74 | 1.60±0.77 | 0.22 |
| Endometrial thickness at the time of trigger | 9.38±1.21 | 8.17±0.85 | 0.005 | 6.45±0.75 | 6.09±0.9 | 0.09 |
| Progesterone level (ng/ml) | 9.06±3.17 | 7.25±2.17 | 0.007 | 5.12±1.87 | 6.10±1.56 | 0.02 |
| Ovulation | 0.002 | 0.409 | ||||
| Yes | 29 (85.3%) | 20 (55.6%) | 5 (15.2%) | 7 (23.3%) | ||
| No | 5 (14.7%) | 16 (44.4%) | 28 (84.8) | 23 (76.7%) | ||
| Pregnancy | 0.007 | 0.349 | ||||
| Yes | 23 (67.6%) | 11 (30.6%) | 3 (9.1%) | 1 (3.3%) | ||
| No | 11 (32.4%) | 25 (69.4%) | 30 (90.9) | 29 (96.7%) | ||