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Fertility in women with PCOS - a population study
• North Finland Birth Cohort (NFBC)
– 4535 women born in 1966
– 1103 (24%) had oligomenorrhoea and/or hirsutism
• Study of reproductive history at age 31 Koivunen et al, Hum Reprod 2008 23:2134-39
NFBC fertility study
• Women with symptoms of PCOS
• Suffered more frequently from infertility (26% vs 17%, p<0.01)
• Had reduced fecundibility (time to 1st pregnancy increased)
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