Benefit of Delayed Fertility Therapy With Preconception Weight Loss Over Immediate Therapy in Obese Women With PCOS
Legro RS, Dodson WC, Kunselman AR, Stetter CM, Kris-Etherton PM, Williams NI, Gnatuk CL, Estes SJ, Allison KC, Sarwer DB, Diamond MP, Schlaff WD, Casson PR, Christman GM, Barnhart KT, Bates GW, Usadi R, Lucidi S, Baker V, Zhang H, Eisenberg E, Coutifaris C, Dokras A. Benefit of Delayed Fertility Therapy With Preconception Weight Loss Over Immediate Therapy in Obese Women With PCOS. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2016, 101: 2658-2666. PMID: 27172435, PMCID: PMC4929837, DOI: 10.1210/jc.2016-1659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnti-Obesity AgentsBehavior TherapyClomipheneCombined Modality TherapyContraceptives, Oral, HormonalFemaleFertility Agents, FemaleHumansInfertility, FemaleLife StyleObesityPolycystic Ovary SyndromePreconception CarePregnancyPregnancy RateReproductive Techniques, AssistedTime FactorsWeight LossYoung AdultConceptsPolycystic ovary syndromeImmediate treatmentLifestyle modificationObese womenOral contraceptivesInfertility treatmentPolycystic Ovary Syndrome trialCumulative live birth rateOvulation rateWeight lossContinuous oral contraceptivesCumulative ovulation rateCycles of clomipheneOral contraceptive pretreatmentPreconception weight lossLive birth rateOverweight/obeseConcurrent clinical trialsYears of ageBirth rateImproved ovulationPPCOS IIPreconception treatmentClomiphene citrateII trial