Effect of age on response to human menopausal gonadotropin stimulation

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
S L JacobsA F Haney

Abstract

Conception rates decline in the latter part of the reproductive years. To examine which ovarian parameters are altered with aging, 486 cycles from 225 ovulatory infertile women undergoing human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) superovulation and washed intrauterine insemination were analyzed. Infertility factors included endometriosis (68%), unexplained infertility (8.4%), male factor (12.9%), and ovulatory dysfunction (10.7%). Parameters that demonstrated a linear relationship with increasing age included numbers of ampules of hMG required per cycle (r = 0.79; P less than 0.05), days of stimulation (r = 0.73; P less than 0.01), estradiol level at the time of hCG (r = -0.92; P less than 0.0001), number of follicles larger than 15 mm (r = -0.61; P less than 0.05), and rate of rise of estradiol (r = -0.92; P less than 0.0001). These same age-dependent changes were observed in women receiving a standard stimulation protocol (3 ampules hMG beginning on cycle day 2). When standard cycles were limited to the first cycle only, the preovulatory estradiol (r = -0.92; P less than 0.005), slope of estradiol rise (r = -0.92; P less than 0.005), and number of preovulatory follicles (r = -0.92; P less than 0.005) still showed a significant decr...Continue Reading

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