title: Body mass index and intercourse compliance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between body mass index and intercourse compliance in the Reproductive Medicine Network's Pregnancy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (RMN PPCOS) Trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Post hoc data analysis of subjects in the RMN PPCOS Trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic medical centers.
  
  
  METHODS
  None.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six hundred twenty-six infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with a mean age of 28.1+/-4 years and mean body mass index (BMI) of 35.2+/-8.7 kg/m2.
  
  
  METHODS
  Intercourse compliance and BMI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, body mass index was not associated with increased intercourse compliance. However, although patients with BMI>or=35 were less likely to ovulate than patients with BMI<35, they tend to be more compliant with intercourse frequency in ovulatory cycles than patients with BMI<35.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BMI was not associated with intercourse compliance or noncompliance. An elevated BMI in infertile women with PCOS is not associated with poor intercourse compliance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Electronic address: kpagidas@wihri.org.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pagidas
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Sandra A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: McGovern
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Huiman X
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Barnhart
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Evan R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Legro
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Bruce R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Schlaff
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coutifaris
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Steinkampf
authors.affiliation: Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Cataldo
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Nestler
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Gabey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gosman
authors.affiliation: Reproductive Sciences Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Giudice
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003075:Coitus / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D055815:Young Adult