Table 1.
Patient characteristics

	Control	2 wks treatment	3 wks treatment	4 wks treatment	P
No. of patients	30	30	30	30
Age of patients (yrs)	37.6 ± 3.4	37.9 ± 2.9	38.3 ± 3.1	38.1 ± 3.0	NS
Age of husbands (yrs)	43.3 ± 4.3	42.9 ± 3.3	43.5 ± 4.2	43.0 ± 3.6	NS
Infertility duration (mon)	51.8 ± 25.8	49.7 ± 23.9	55.2 ± 33.4	53.3 ± 28.5	NS
BMI (kg/m2)	21.6 ± 2.4	21.4 ± 2.1	21.8 ± 2.3	21.6 ± 2.2	NS
No. of nullipara (%)	60.0 (18/30)	63.3 (19/30)	56.7 (17/30)	66.6 (20/30)	NS
No. of patients with AFC ≤ 5	90.0 (27/30)	90.0 (27/30)	96.7 (29/30)	86.7 (26/30)	NS
AFC	4.7 ± 0.8	4.6 ± 0.7	4.4 ± 0.6	4.8 ± 1.0	NS
Basal FSH (IU/L)	8.7 ± 1.2	8.5 ± 0.8	8.9 ± 1.1	8.8 ± 1.1	NS

Values are means ± SDs. BMI = body mass index; AFC = antral follicle count; FSH = follicle stimulating hormone; NS = not significant