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SUBMITTER: Essah PA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4480914 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Essah Paulina A PA Arrowood James A JA Cheang Kai I KI Adawadkar Swati S SS Stovall Dale W DW Nestler John E JE
Fertility and sterility 20110705 2
In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 19 overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome were randomized to a 3-month course of either metformin plus combined hormonal oral contraceptive (OC) (n = 9) or OC plus matched placebo (n = 10). After 3 months, both treatments had similar effects on androgen levels, lipid profile, insulin sensitivity, and serum inflammatory markers, but flow-mediated dilatation increased by 69.0% in the metformin plus OC group while it remained unch ...[more]