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Table 5 Effects of lifestyle intervention and metformin intervention (RR)

From: Effect of lifestyle or metformin interventions before IVF/ICSI treatment on infertile women with overweight/obese and insulin resistance: a factorial design randomised controlled pilot trial

Lifestyle intervention

Metformin intervention

LBR

RR

No

No

27.78%

1

Yes

No

17.65%

0.64(0.18–2.26)

No

Yes

38.89%

1.40(0.55–3.60)

Yes

Yes

47.37%

1.71(0.71–4.12)

Lifestyle intervention (with vs without: 33.33%a vs 33.33%b) RR: 1.00(0.52–1.92)

Metformin intervention (with vs without: 43.24%c vs 22.86%d) RR: 1.89(0.93–3.86)

Interaction P-value for lifestyle × metformin:0.380

  
  1. Group A: simple lifestyle intervention, Group B: simple metformin intervention, Group C: lifestyle + metformin intervention, Group D: no intervention
  2. a LBR of groups A + C, 33.33% = (3 + 9)/(17 + 19)*100%
  3. b LBR of groups B + D, 36.11% = (7 + 5)/ (18 + 18) *100%
  4. c LBR of groups B + C, 43.24% = (7 + 9)/ (18 + 19) *100%
  5. d LBR of groups A + D, 25.71% = (3 + 5)/(17 + 18) *100%
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