Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 421-429, August 2004

A randomized, 48-week, placebo-controlled trial of intensive lifestyle modification and/or metformin therapy in overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A pilot study☆

Presented in part at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Seattle, Washington, October 12–17, 2002.

  • Kathleen M Hoeger, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kathleen M. Hoeger, M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 668, Rochester, New York 14642, USA (FAX: 585-746-4146).
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  • Lynda Kochman, R.N., C.C.R.C.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
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  • Nellie Wixom, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, New York, USA
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  • Kimberly Craig, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
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  • Richard K Miller, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
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  • David S Guzick, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA

Received 30 September 2003; received in revised form 4 February 2004; accepted 4 February 2004.

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☆ Supported by a Mae Stone Goode foundation grant (KMH); Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Center grant K12 HD01332-03 to the University of Rochester; and General Clinical Research Center grant 5 M01 RR00044, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0015-0282(04)00731-9

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.02.104

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 421-429, August 2004

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