38-39 years old, the pregnancy rate also did not differ between IUIs using oral agents (N¼28/254, 11.02%) compared to IUIs with Gonadotropins (N¼52/ 493, 10.55%) (p¼0.90). Surprisingly, in women 40-43 years, the pregnancy rate was significantly higher in the oral agents (N¼26/202, 12.87%) compared to IUIs with Gonadotropins (N¼39/640, 6.09%) (p¼0.0036).CONCLUSIONS: Likely an undetected bias resulted in lower gonadotropin pregnancy rates among women 40-43 years of age. However, the use of oral agents for ovarian stimulation with IUI in women older than 40 years of age is an effective treatment strategy given pregnancy rates above 10% per cycle.
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