Metformin vs placebo or no treatment: Ovulation rate
Metformin may leads to higher ovulation rate per woman compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Metformin vs placebo or no treatment Ovulation rate per woman · women with polycystic ovary syndrome Metformin may leads to higher ovulation rate per woman compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty). Metformin for ovulation induction (excluding gonadotrophins) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 2.64 [1.85, 3.75] | 13 studies · 684 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metformin for ovulation induction (excluding gonadotrophins) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome 2019 · 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
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.