Role of serum anti mullerian hormone as a predictor for miscarriage
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20201780Keywords:
Ovarian reserve, Pregnancy outcomes, Recurrent miscarriageAbstract
Background: Recurrent Miscarriage is defined as three or more failed clinical pregnancies at less than 20 weeks of gestation or fetal weight less than 500 grams that ends spontaneously. Ovarian reserve demonstrates reproductive potential and includes FSH, estradiol, inhibin B, and S. AMH levels. Women with very low AMH levels may have altered folliculogenesis that may influence early implantation to increase the risk of miscarriage. This study aimed to determine the serum AMH levels in patients with recurrent miscarriage and pregnancy outcomes in low (<1 ng/ml), normal (1-3.5 ng/ml) and high (>3.5 ng/ml) AMH groups and to evaluate the role of serum ovarian biomarkers in prediction of miscarriages.
Methods: This was a case-control study conducted over a time period of 1 year, on 120 women attending the antenatal clinic in department of obstetrics and gynecology, Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital, Prayagraj. The patients were divided into two groups, Group 1 (n=80) included women with previous history of abortions and Group 2 (n=40) included women with no history of abortions. S. AMH levels were analyzed and compared in both the groups.
Results: In the present study, a significant negative correlation was seen between S. AMH and rate of miscarriages (p <0.05). Low AMH values were observed in patients with history of previous pregnancy loss.
Conclusions: Diminished ovarian reserve contributes to recurrent pregnancy loss and should be considered part of the work-up for RPL. AMH levels in recurrent miscarriage patients were lower than those in a normal population.
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