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We performed a retrospective study aiming to study the relationship between the ratio of the exogenous luteinizing hormone to follicle stimulating hormone (LH/FSH) administrated for controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) and the number and competence of the oocytes retrieved for in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Eight hundred sixty-eight consecutive infertile patients (mean age 34.54 ± 4.01 years, mean anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) 2.94 ± 2.07 ng/ml) treated with long agonist protocol and a mixed gonadotropin protocol (human menopausal gonadotropin in association with recombinant FSH (recFSH)) who performed IVF/ICSI between January 2013 and February 2016, were included. Patients with severe male factor were excluded. LH/FSH was calculated based on total doses of the two gonadotropins. We found, after adjustment for confounders, a positive relationship between LH/FSH and the retrieved oocytes' (β = 0.229, P&lt;0.0001) and zygotes' number (β = 0.144, P&lt;0.0001) in the entire study group and in subgroups according to age (&lt;35 and ≥35 years) and ovarian reserve (AMH &lt; 1.1 and ≥ 1.1 ng/ml). The fertilization rate was positively associated with LH/FSH in patients with LH/FSH in the lowest three quartiles (below 0.77) (β = 0.096, P=0.034). However, patients in the fourth quartile of LH/FSH had a lower fertilization rate as compared with patients in quartiles 1-3 which, after adjustment for covariates, was only marginally negatively related with LH/FSH (β = -0.108, P=0.05). In conclusion, our results suggest that the adequate LH/FSH administrated during COS can improve the oocytes' and zygotes' number in IVF/ICSI cycles, but also the fertilization rate when a certain proportion of LH/FSH is not exceeded.

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The ratio of exogenous Luteinizing hormone to Follicle stimulating hormone administered for controlled ovarian stimulation is associated with oocytes’ number and competence