The association between anti-Müllerian hormone and IVF pregnancy outcomes is influenced by age.

Autor: Wang JG; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. jw781@columbia.edu, Douglas NC, Nakhuda GS, Choi JM, Park SJ, Thornton MH, Guarnaccia MM, Sauer MV
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Reproductive biomedicine online [Reprod Biomed Online] 2010 Dec; Vol. 21 (6), pp. 757-61. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Nov 01.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.06.041
Abstrakt: The conflicting results from studies on the predictive capabilities of serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) for IVF pregnancy outcomes may be attributed to small sample sizes and disparities in the age of the study populations. The relationship between AMH and IVF pregnancy outcomes was clarified with retrospective cross-tabulation analyses (n=1558) stratified by age to control for its confounding effects. Serum AMH concentrations were divided into tertiles (≤ 0.29, 0.30-1.20, ≥ 1.21 ng/ml) and ages into four groups (<34, 34-37, 38-41, ≥ 42 years). For women <34, having serum AMH in the lowest tertile did not reduce the chance of IVF pregnancy/live birth compared with those with higher AMH concentrations. For women 34-41, a significant positive relationship existed between serum AMH and pregnancy rates. For women ≥ 42, serum AMH concentrations ≤ 0.29 ng/ml were associated with a 3% chance of pregnancy, and women with AMH ≥ 1.21 ng/ml had the same pregnancy rate as women with concentrations 0.30-1.20 ng/ml. In conclusion, AMH has limited predictive value for IVF outcomes in the two extremes of female reproductive age; however, for women between 34 and 41, higher serum AMH concentrations are associated with significantly greater chances of pregnancy (P<0.01).
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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