LOD vs medical interventions: Improvement in androgenic symptoms
LOD showed no clear difference in improvement in androgenic symptoms at 6 months (hirsutism/acne) ‐… compared with medical interventions (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
LOD vs medical interventions Improvement in androgenic symptoms at 6 months (hirsutism/acne) ‐ LOD vs metformin N of participants: 126 (1 RCT) · Women with symptoms of PCOS LOD showed no clear difference in improvement in androgenic symptoms at 6 months (hirsutism/acne) ‐… compared with medical interventions (low certainty). Ovarian surgery for symptom relief in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 1 [0.42, 2.37] | Not reported | Low |
LOD vs medical interventions Improvement in androgenic symptoms at 6 months (hirsutism/acne) ‐ LOD vs gonadotrophins N of participants: 50 (1 RCT) · Women with symptoms of PCOS It is very uncertain whether LOD changes improvement in androgenic symptoms at 6 months (hirsutism/acne) ‐… compared with medical interventions (very low certainty). Ovarian surgery for symptom relief in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 3.2 [0.33, 30.94] | Not reported | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ovarian surgery for symptom relief in women with polycystic ovary syndrome 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
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