ABSTRACT
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