Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

4 questions · 4 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 4 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ovulation rate · women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Metformin may leads to higher ovulation rate per woman compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Ovulation rate per woman fParticipants with BMI < 30 kg/m2 · women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Metformin showed no clear difference in ovulation rate per woman fParticipants with BMI < 30 kg/m2 compared with clomiphene citrate (low certainty).

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Ovulation rate per woman fParticipants with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 · women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Metformin may leads to lower ovulation rate per woman fParticipants with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 compared with clomiphene citrate (low certainty).

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Ovulation rate · women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Metformin combined with clomiphene citrate may leads to higher ovulation rate per woman compared with clomiphene citrate alone (low certainty).

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