| Table 3 – Cycles with and without LH supplementation: Serum estradiol levels on the day of hCG administration | |||||||
| Trail | r-FSH +r-LH | r-FSH | WMD | 95%CI fixed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | mean±sd (pg/ml) | n | mean±sd (pg/ ml) | ||||
| Levi-Setti 2005 | 18 | 1825±545 | 20 | 1253±490 | 572 | 243, 901 | |
| Griesinger 2005 | 54 | 1924.7±1256.4 | 54 | 1488±824 | 436.4 | 35.6, 837 | |
| Sauer 2004 | 20 | 2440.5±1181.7 | 17 | 1540±951.2 | 900.5 | 201, 1600 | |
| Acevedo 2004 | 22 | 1596±988 | 20 | 989.6±597 | 606.4 | 106, 1106 | |
| Cédrin-Durnerin 2004 | 107 | 1476±787 | 94 | 1012±659 | 464 | 162, 666 | |
| Total. | 221 | 205 | |||||
| Pooled effect size Fixed effects (Mulrow-Oxman) |
514 | 368, 660 | |||||
Z (test WMD + differs from 0)= 6.9 p<0,0001
Non-combinability of studies
-Cohran Q = 1.853585 (df = 4) p= 0.76