title: Utility of screening for other causes of infertility in women with "known" polycystic ovary syndrome.
abstract: We investigated the prevalence of abnormal screening results (questionnaire and testing for other causes of oligo-ovulation, male or tubal factor infertility) in a group of 1,313 oligo-ovulatory women (included and excluded subjects) whose condition was screened for inclusion in the Pregnancy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome trial, a multicenter clinical trial that was conducted at 13 sites in the United States. Other than failure to demonstrate laboratory evidence of hyperandrogenemia, the most common reasons for subject exclusion were persistent oligospermia and tubal factor infertility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07101-1709, USA. mcgovepg@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: McGovern
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Legro
authors.forename: Evan R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Huiman X
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Barnhart
authors.forename: Sandra A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.forename: Bruce R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Schlaff
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coutifaris
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Steinkampf
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Nestler
authors.forename: Gabey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gosman
authors.forename: Phyllis C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Leppert
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Giudice
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States