Parimala Chinta1, Grace Rebekah2, Aleyamma T Kunjummen1, Mohan S Kamath3. 1. Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India. 2. Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India. 3. Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India. Electronic address: dockamz@gmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of ovulatory cycles in eumenorrheic subfertile women and compare the diagnostic accuracy of a single ultrasound with serum midluteal progesterone measurement in detecting ovulatory cycles. DESIGN: Prospective diagnostic accuracy study. SETTING: University-level hospital. PATIENT(S): A total of 208 subfertile eumenorrheic women. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): To estimate the prevalence of ovulatory cycles in eumenorrheic women and compare the diagnostic accuracy of a single, well-timed ultrasound scan (index test) with serum progesterone measurement (reference test) by calculating the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and positive likelihood ratio (LR+) and negative likelihood ratio (LR-). RESULT(S): The prevalence of ovulatory cycles among subfertile eumenorrheic women was 92.9% and 99.5% when midluteal serum progesterone level and ultrasound scanning were used as the reference test, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of ultrasound in identifying ovulatory cycles were 100%, 7.1%, 93.4%, and 100%, respectively. The LR+ and LR- were 1.1 and 0, respectively. The agreement between the ultrasound and serum progesterone was almost perfect (prevalence and bias-adjusted kappa = 0.81. CONCLUSION(S): The prevalence of ovulatory cycles in eumenorrheic subfertile women appears to be high. A single well-timed ultrasound can be performed to identify ovulatory cycles during the infertility workup in eumenorrheic women.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of ovulatory cycles in eumenorrheic subfertilewomen and compare the diagnostic accuracy of a single ultrasound with serum midluteal progesterone measurement in detecting ovulatory cycles. DESIGN: Prospective diagnostic accuracy study. SETTING: University-level hospital. PATIENT(S): A total of 208 subfertile eumenorrheicwomen. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): To estimate the prevalence of ovulatory cycles in eumenorrheic women and compare the diagnostic accuracy of a single, well-timed ultrasound scan (index test) with serum progesterone measurement (reference test) by calculating the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and positive likelihood ratio (LR+) and negative likelihood ratio (LR-). RESULT(S): The prevalence of ovulatory cycles among subfertile eumenorrheicwomen was 92.9% and 99.5% when midluteal serum progesterone level and ultrasound scanning were used as the reference test, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of ultrasound in identifying ovulatory cycles were 100%, 7.1%, 93.4%, and 100%, respectively. The LR+ and LR- were 1.1 and 0, respectively. The agreement between the ultrasound and serum progesterone was almost perfect (prevalence and bias-adjusted kappa = 0.81. CONCLUSION(S): The prevalence of ovulatory cycles in eumenorrheic subfertilewomen appears to be high. A single well-timed ultrasound can be performed to identify ovulatory cycles during the infertility workup in eumenorrheic women.
Authors: Maria Cristina Magagnini; Rosita A Condorelli; Laura Cimino; Rossella Cannarella; Antonio Aversa; Aldo E Calogero; Sandro La Vignera Journal: Nutrients Date: 2022-10-06 Impact factor: 6.706