title: Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels in Chinese Women Younger Than 30 Years and 30 Years or Older and Correlated Biochemical Indices.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Anti-müllerian hormone (AMH) is considered an important marker of ovarian reserve; however, the exact function of AMH has yet to be determined.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Our purpose was to investigate factors correlated with AMH levels in Chinese women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Healthy women were divided into 2 groups: aged younger than 30 years and 30 years or older. Anti-müllerian hormone levels and biochemical indices were compared between the groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty women younger than 30 and 29 women 30 years or older were included. The mean AMH level in women younger than 30 years was 8.2 ± 4.4 ng/mL (range, 0.1-17.2 ng/mL), and in those 30 years or older was 5.2 ± 4.3 ng/mL (range, 0.1-13.3 ng/mL). Half of women younger than 30 years had an AMH level above a median of 8.0 ng/mL (interquartile range, 4.9-11.2 ng/mL), whereas the median in those 30 years or older was 4.6 ng/mL (interquartile range, 1.3-8.5 ng/mL). In women younger than 30 years, calcium was positively correlated (P= 0.014) and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) was negatively correlated with AMH (P< 0.001). No correlations of calcium and SHBG with AMH were found in women 30 years or older, but a positive correlation between triglycerides and testosterone and AMH was noted (P= 0.020 andP= 0.007, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anti-müllerian hormone levels are positively or negatively correlated with testosterone, calcium, SHBG, and triglycerides in Chinese women.
authors.affiliation: Executive Director.
authors.forename: Jieping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Associate Senior Doctor.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Attending Doctor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Attending Doctor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yuqin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Attending Doctor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xiong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D054304:Anti-Mullerian Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D065851:Ovarian Reserve / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin; D014280:Triglycerides; D013739:Testosterone; D054304:Anti-Mullerian Hormone; D002118:Calcium