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ReviewNutrients2023

Probiotics and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Perspective for Management in Adolescents with Obesity.

Valeria Calcaterra, Virginia Rossi, Giulia Massini, Francesca Casini, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Valentina Fabiano

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Review in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  19. The role of probiotics in adolescents' obesity.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Valeria CalcaterraPediatric and Adolescent Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2137-5974
Virginia RossiPediatric Department, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8363-9210
Giulia MassiniPediatric Department, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.
Francesca CasiniPediatric Department, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6437-9094
Gianvincenzo ZuccottiPediatric Department, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2795-9874
Valentina FabianoPediatric Department, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6449-1724

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects a considerable percentage of females of reproductive age. PCOS is an obesity-related condition and its effects are greatly amplified by obesity. Even though the pathogenesis of PCOS remains complex and has not been fully elucidated, a link between obesity, PCOS, and dysbiosis has been described. The potential role of the gut microbiota in the development and progression of PCOS and its associated symptoms has also been reported. The aim of this narrative review is to present a non-systematic analysis of the available literature on the topic of probiotics and PCOS in adolescents with obesity in order to revise the beneficial effects of probiotics/symbiotic supplementation on hormonal and metabolic profiles and inflammatory conditions. The effectiveness of probiotics/synbiotics in PCOS has been supported. The literature suggests that probiotic/symbiotic supplementation may ameliorate hormonal profiles, inflammatory indicators, and lipid metabolism disturbances caused by PCOS. Studies also show improvements in weight, BMI, insulin, and HOMA-IR, including a potential role it plays in protecting fertility. Even though further studies are needed to confirm these findings, particularly in adolescent patients, probiotic supplementation may be considered a solution for managing PCOS in adolescents with obesity.

Indexed as

Insulin ResistancePediatric ObesityPolycystic Ovary SyndromeProbioticsAdolescentFemaleHumansInsulinInsulinadolescentsdysbiosismicrobiomeobesitypolycystic ovary syndromeprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID37513562
PMCPMC10384396

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