| Table 1 - Cycles with and without LH supplementation: Days of stimulation | |||||||
| Trail | r-FSH +r-LH | r-FSH | WMD | 95%CI fixed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | mean±sd | n | mean±sd | ||||
| Levi-Setti 2005 |
20 | 9.8±0.95 | 20 | 10.3±1.25 | -0.5 | -1.19, 0.19 | |
| Griesinger 2005 |
55 | 12.0±2.4 | 54 | 11.4±2.1 | 0.6 | -0.25, 1.45 | |
| Sauer 2004 |
21 | 9.4±1.7 | 21 | 9.3±1.1 | 0.1 | -0.77, 0.97 | |
| Acevedo 2004 |
22 | 9.7±2.1 | 20 | 9.3±1.6 | 0.4 | -0.74, 1.54 | |
| Cédrin-Durnerin 2004 |
107 | 11.8±1.7 | 94 | 11.7±1.5 | 0.1 | -0.34, 0.54 | |
| Total. | 225 | 209 | |||||
| Pooled effect size Fixed effects (Mulrow-Oxman) |
0.07 | -0.24, 0.37 | |||||
Z (test WMD + differs from 0)= 0.44 p = 0.65
Non-combinability of studies
-Cohran Q = 4.496929 (df = 4) p = 0.34