Flaxseed intervention and reproductive endocrine profiles in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: an open-labeled randomized controlled clinical trial.
- 2025-04-07
- RCT · n = 70
- Frontiers in endocrinology 16
- Zahra Najdgholami
- Fatemeh Maleki Sedgi
- Samira Sadat Ghalishourani
- Marzieh Feyzpour
- Mehran Rahimlou
- PubMed: 40260281
- DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1531762
- High evidence
- Clinical
FSH levels increased from 9.72 ± 11.95 µU/mL at baseline to 10.59 ± 12.14 µU/mL after the intervention (p = 0.027). The mean treatment effect was 0.87 (95% CI: 0.086 to 1.75).
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 30 grams of milled flaxseed daily