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Medication use was the most frequent reason for exclusion from the study, affecting 26% of flagged girls.
Practitioners should be aware that medication use may limit eligibility for dietary interventions in PCOS.
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Medication use was the most frequent reason for exclusion (26%).
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The percentage is a specific statistic derived from the study's recruitment process.
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A clinic‐academic partnership for recruitment using an electronic medical record (EMR) in a trial of diets for treating polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in overweight and obese adolescents and young adults
Julia MW Wong et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2013
DOI 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.112.5
rct · n=1026
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