Najamus Sahar Sadaf Zaidi, Faheem Tahir, Fazli Subhan, Sikandar Sultan, Fariyal Deepa, Mazhar Qayyum, Ali Abbas Qazilbash, Azra Khanum, Birjees Mazhar Kazi, Athar Saeed Dil.
Evaluation of serum testosterone level among Pakistani women with a history of infertility.
Pak J Med Res Jan ;43(1):19-21.

Objective: This study was designed to estimate the incidence of testosterone elevation among infertile women. Method: Three hundred twenty seven married women, presenting with a complaint of infertility, were evaluated at the Reproductive Physiology Laboratory of the NIH, Islamabad. Serum testosterone level was determined using Enzyme Immuno Assay (EIA). Statistical Analysis: Data were compared using student `t`-test. Results: The results revealed that 36.08% of the infertile women had significantly elevated level of serum testosterone, a predominately male hormone. Conclusion: The estimation of serum testosterone is not usually advised for assessment of the fertility status, unless the patient presents with symptoms of hyper androgenic status. However, the prevalence of a significantly high level of serum testosterone in more than one third of the studied subjects warrants the inclusion of serum testosterone level estimation as a routine component of female factor fertility assessment.

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