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The utility of a home urinary LH immunoassay in timing the postcoital test
G H Corsan1, M B Blotner, M K Bohrer
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
Objective:
To evaluate whether a urinary LH immunoassay improves timing of the postcoital test compared to traditional timing methods in normally ovulating women.
Methods:
Subjects included 37 infertile couples evaluated in a tertiary care setting. A randomized, prospective trial was performed of two methods of postcoital test timing: urinary LH assay or the traditional timing by cycle-averaging and/or review of basal body temperature graphs.
Results:
Similar serum estradiol, progesterone, LH, number of motile sperm per high-power field, cervical mucus scores, and postcoital test scores were identified in both groups.
Conclusion:
Urinary LH immunoassays do not appear to improve timing of the postcoital test as compared with traditional timing methods.