The correlation of the antral follicle count and serum anti-mullerian hormone [Serum anti-mülleryan hormon ve antral folikül sayi{dotless}si{dotless} ilişkisi]

Objective: to compare the value of the basal serum anti müllerian hormone (amh) level with most of the established ovarian reserve tests. material and methods: a total of 141 infertile women was studied prospectively. on cycle day 3,serum levels of amh,inhibin b,estradiol (e),fsh and lh levels were measured,and the number of early antral follicles (2-6 mm in diameter) estimated at ultrasound scanning to compare the strengths of hormonal-follicular correlations. results: the mean age of the participants was 29.18±5.54. the mean amh and total afc on day 3 were 2.23±1.90 ng/ml and 8.35±2.83,respectively. serum amh levels were more tightly correlated (p<0.001) with number of the early antral follicle count (r=0.467,p<0.0001) than age and serum levels of fsh (r=-0.400,p<0.001; r=-0.299,p<0.001 respectively). no correlation was detected between serum levels of inhibin b,e2,and lh (r=0.154,p=0.06; p=0.31; r=-0.085 and r=0.067,p=0.42) and afc. conclusion: serum amh levels showed a strong correlation with afc,and also this correlation is stronger than the other ovarian reserve parameters.