| Table 5 – Cycles with and without LH supplementation: number of mature oocytes (MII) | ||||||
| Trail | r-FSH +r-LH | r-FSH | WMD | 95%CI fixed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | mean±sd | n | mean±sd | |||
| Levi-Setti 2005 | 18 | 6.9±2.1 | 18 | 6.5±2.4 | 0.4 | -1.1, 1.9 |
| Griesinger 2005 | 46 | 6.57±4.17 | 41 | 6.49±4.26 | 0.08 | -1.7, 1.8 |
| Sauer 2004 | 21 | 14.6±9.5 | 21 | 13.7±6.8 | 0.9 | -4.1, 5.9 |
| Acevedo 2004 | 22 | 7.4±1.6 | 20 | 5.2±2.4 | 2.2 | 0.98, 3.4 |
| Cédrin-Durnerin 2004 | 107 | 8.2±4.1 | 93 | 7.8±4.0 | 0.4 | -0.73, 1.53 |
| Total. | 214 | 193 | ||||
| Pooled effect size Fixed effects (Mulrow-Oxman) |
0.88 | 0.21, 1.54 | ||||
Z (test WMD + differs from 0)= 2.58 p = 0.0098
Non-combinability of studies
-Cohran Q = 6.196684 (df = 4) p= 0.18