Review Article
The Effect of Exercise on Inflammatory Markers in PCOS Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials
Table 1
Characteristics of studies included in this systematic review.
| | First author | Year | Country | Type of exercise | Mean age (year) | Mean BMI | Duration | Sample size I | Sample size C |
| | Vigorito | 2007 | Italy | Aerobic | I: 21
C: 21 | I: 29.2
C: 29.5 | 3 month | 45 | 45 | | Giallauria | 2008 | Italy | Aerobic | I: 22
C: 22 | I: 27.4
C: 26.5 | 3 month | 62 | 62 | | Almenning | 2015 | Norway | Resistance | 27 | I: 26.1
C: 26.5 | 10 weeks | 8 | 9 | | Almenning | 2015 | Norway | Aerobic | 27 | I: 41.3
C: 33.8 | 10 weeks | 8 | 9 | | Vizza | 2016 | Australia | Resistance | I: 26
C: 29 | I: 26.7
C: 27 | 12 weeks | 7 | 6 | | Orio | 2016 | Italy | Aerobic | I: 25
C: 26 | I: 32
C: 33.6 | 6 month | 39 | 50 | | Costa | 2017 | Brazil | Aerobic | I: 27
C: 24 | I: 21.1
C: 21.3 | 16 weeks | 14 | 13 | | Faryadian | 2019 | Iran | Combined | I: 34
C: 32 | I: 38.1
C: 35.4 | 12 weeks | 12 | 12 | | Nybacka | 2017 | Sweden | Combined | I: 31
C: 29 | I: 34.8
C: 35.4 | 4 month | 12 | 14 | | Nybacka | 2017 | Sweden | Combined | I: 31
C: 29 | I: 29.2
C: 29.5 | 4 month | 17 | 19 | | Stener-victorin | 2012 | Sweden | Aerobic | NR | NR | 32 weeks | 30 | 15 |
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In: intervention; C: control; NR: not reported.
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