title: Basal Follicle-Stimulating Hormone or Inhibin B Combined with Age as Predictors of Pregnancy After Treatment by Donor Sperm Insemination.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical significance of basal reproductive hormones and basal inhibin B (INHB) combined with age on predicting the outcomes of artificial insemination with donor sperm (AID).
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis was performed in 1,772 patients who underwent AID at the Department of Assisted Re- production, Tongji Medical College, from 2009-2011. We compared the age and The levels of basal menstrual cycle day 3 reproductive hormones and INHB regarding the pregnancy rates after AID treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a low clinical pregnancy rate in women with a basal follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) ≥ 15 IU/L or a basal INHB < 25 ng/mL. An age-related decrease in the pregnancy rate was found also. Moreover, the pregnancy rate dropped remarkably when the FSH x age value was > 500, and it rose to 70.6% when the INHB ÷ age value was > 10.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Basal FSH and basal INHB are closely correlated with clinical pregnant rates in AID treatment. Furthermore, FSH x age and INHB ÷ age could be used as an optimal tool for predicting AID outcomes.
authors.forename: Donghui
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Su
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Aihua
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007265:Inhibins / Q000097:blood*; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous; D008297:Male; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: C422364:inhibin B; D007265:Inhibins; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone