Follicular phase of the cycle Luteal phase of the cycle Hormone x ± SD Hormone x ± SD Estradiol 80.10 ± 4.42* Estradiol 226.05 ± 5.73* Progesterone 1.22 ± 0.38* Progesterone 5.93 ± 0.94* Testosterone 0.37 ± 0.12 Testosterone 0.37 ± 0.11 IGF-1 850.38 ± 33.25 IGF-1 848.55 ± 31.23 x: Arithmetric Average; SD: Standard Deviation; *Statistically proved difference (p ≤ 0.05)

Table 5: Average concentrations of estradiol (pg/ml), progesterone (ng/ ml), testosterone (ng/ml) and IFG-I (ng/ml) in the follicular and luteal phases of ovarian cycle.