1. Serum anti-Mullerian hormone, prolactin and estradiol concentrations in infertile women with endometriosis
- Author
-
Roksana Tukhtarian, Natalia Pedachenko, Lina Alabbas, Taras Shemelko, and Panagiotis Anagnostis
- Subjects
Adult ,Anti-Mullerian Hormone ,Infertility ,Gynecological disease ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Endometriosis ,Physiology ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Fertility ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Endocrinology ,Humans ,Medicine ,Ovarian reserve ,media_common ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,Estradiol ,biology ,business.industry ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Anti-Müllerian hormone ,medicine.disease ,Prolactin ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,biology.protein ,Female ,business ,Infertility, Female ,Hormone - Abstract
Endometriosis is a benign gynecological disease, which significantly impairs fertility. However, the contribution of specific hormonal parameters to the proper diagnosis of endometriosis in infertility states has not been adequately determined. The aim of this study was to compare ant-Mullerian hormone (AMH), prolactin and estradiol concentrations between infertile women with and without endometriosis, as well as to estimate the effect of endometrioid heterotopia on ovarian reserve.In this cross-sectional study, mean baseline serum AMH, prolactin and estradiol levels were assessed in infertile women with and without endometriosis. Descriptive statistics are presented in the form of arithmetic mean ± standard deviation (SD). The comparison of indicators was performed by using parametric (Seventy-two infertile women with endometriosis (group A; mean age: 32 ± 4.3 years) and 77 infertile women without endometriosis (group B; mean age: 32.4 ± 3.7 years) were studied. Mean baseline prolactin concentrations were higher in group A (16.9 ± 5.7 ng/mL) compared with group B (15 ± 4.3 ng/mL;Infertile women with endometriosis demonstrated higher prolactin and lower AMH concentrations, compared with infertile women without endometriosis. The highest prolactin and the lowest AMH concentrations were observed in patients with ovarian endometriomas.
- Published
- 2020