Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

CiteULike is a free service for managing and discovering scholarly references - click here to get started.

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
This Article
Right arrow Free Full Text (Free PDF) Free
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Chan, C. C.W.
Right arrow Articles by Ho, P.-C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Chan, C. C.W.
Right arrow Articles by Koo, M. W.L.
Right arrow Articles by Ng, E. H.Y.
Right arrow Articles by Tang, O.-S.
Right arrow Articles by Yeung, W. S.B.
Right arrow Articles by Ho, P.-C.
Right arrowPubmed/NCBI databases
*Compound via MeSH
*Substance via MeSH
Hazardous Substances DB
*GLUCOSE
Medline Plus Health Information
*Obesity
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Effects of Chinese Green Tea on Weight, and Hormonal and Biochemical Profiles in Obese Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome—A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Carina C.W. Chan, MBBS

Department of Obsterics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong; Department of Pharmacology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Rd., Hong Kong SAR, China cwcchan{at}graduate.hku.hk

Marcel W.L. Koo, PhD

Ernest H.Y. Ng, MD

Oi-Shan Tang, MD

William S.B. Yeung, PhD.

Pak-Chung Ho, MD

Department of Obsterics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong; Department of Pharmacology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Objectives: To study the effects of green tea on body weight, and biochemical and hormonal profiles in obese Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Methods: Thirty-four obese Chinese women with PCOS were randomized into either treatment with green tea capsules or placebo for 3 months. The anthropomentric measurements, and biochemical and hormonal profiles before and after treatment in each group were compared.

Results: The body weight of the green tea group decreased by a nonsignificant 2.4% after treatment; whereas the body weight, body mass index (BMI), and body fat content of the control group were significantly higher after 3 months. There were no differences in any of the hormone levels measured in either group. The biochemical profiles of the two groups were also similar except that there was a small but significant rise in the triglyceride level in the green tea group. Fewer patients in the green tea group remained amenorrhoeic, but this was not significantly different from the control group.

Conclusions: Green tea supplementation did not significantly reduce body weight in obese women with PCOS, nor did it alter the glucose or lipid metabolism.

Key Words: Green tea • polycystic ovary syndrome • body weight • hormonal profile • biochemical profile

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Vol. 13, No. 1, 63-68 (2006)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2005.10.006
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?