Table 3 Patient categories, fertility status and menstrual cycle subgroups of 71 dialysis patients of reproductive age
From: Exclusion of pregnancy in dialysis patients: diagnostic performance of human chorionic gonadotropin
|  | Potentially fertile (n = 46) No or functional menopausea | Infertile (n = 23) Pre- or true menopauseb | Pregnant (n = 2) No menopausec |
|---|---|---|---|
Regular menstrual cycle (n = 29) | Ovulatory or functional anovulatory cycle (n = 24) (low AMH: 3, AMH unknown: 1) | Based on history and/or elevated FSH (n = 5) (low AMH: 4) | Regular menstrual cycle before pregnancy (n = 2) |
Irregular menstrual cycle (n = 13) | Ovulatory or functional anovulatory cycle (n = 11) (low AMH: 1) | Based on history and/or elevated FSH (n = 2) (low AMH: 2) | – |
Amenorrhea (n = 25) | Functional menopause (n = 10) (low AMH: 3) | Based on history and/or elevated FSH (n = 15) (low AMH: 12) | – |
Unknown menstrual cycle (n = 2) | Ovulatory or functional anovulatory cycle (n = 1) (low AMH: 0) | Based on history and/or elevated FSH (n = 1) (low AMH: 1) | – |