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Obesity, weight loss, and the polycystic ovary syndrome: effect of treatment with diet and orlistat for 24 weeks on insulin resistance and androgen levels 

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1 Obesity, weight loss, and the polycystic ovary syndrome: effect of treatment with diet and orlistat for 24 weeks on insulin resistance and androgen levels  Dimitrios Panidis, M.D., Ph.D., Dimitrios Farmakiotis, M.D., David Rousso, M.D., Anargyros Kourtis, M.D., Ilias Katsikis, M.D., Gerassimos Krassas, M.D.  Fertility and Sterility  Volume 89, Issue 4, Pages (April 2008) DOI: /j.fertnstert Copyright © 2008 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Changes in BMI for obese women with PCOS, compared with obese control women (mean ± SEM). BL = baseline. ∗Significant effect of time: P<.05 vs. previous value. Fertility and Sterility  , DOI: ( /j.fertnstert ) Copyright © 2008 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Changes in total T levels for obese women with PCOS, compared with obese control women (mean ± SEM). BL = baseline. ∗Significant effect of time and interaction: P<.05 vs. previous value in women with PCOS, significant change compared with the control group. †Significant effect of PCOS: P<.05 vs. control women. Fertility and Sterility  , DOI: ( /j.fertnstert ) Copyright © 2008 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Changes in HOMA-IR values for obese women with PCOS, compared with obese control women (mean ± SEM). BL = baseline. ∗Significant effect of time: P<.05 vs. previous value in women with PCOS, P<.05 vs. baseline in control women. Interaction P (baseline → 12 wks)=.051. Fertility and Sterility  , DOI: ( /j.fertnstert ) Copyright © 2008 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Terms and Conditions


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