Acupuncture or metformin to improve insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: study protocol of a combined multinational cross sectional case-control study and a randomised controlled trial.

Elisabet Stener-VictorinHaolin ZhangRong LiCecilia FridenDong LiWei WangHaining WangCuiqing ChangShi LiZeJun HuoHua ZhangXiaolan JiAngelica Linden-HirschbergJie Qiao

Published in: BMJ open (2019)

NCT02647827 and EudraCT2015-004250-18.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
study protocol
polycystic ovary syndrome
randomized controlled trial
pregnancy outcomes
clinical trial
open label
cervical cancer screening
breast cancer risk
pregnant women
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
metabolic syndrome