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. 2025 Aug 3;14(15):5458. doi: 10.3390/jcm14155458
BMI Body mass index
CI Confidence interval
EBP Evidence-based practice
GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
GRADEpro GRADE profiler
HDL High-density lipoprotein
hs-CRP High-sensitivity C-reactive protein
IL-6 Interleukin-6
LDL Low-density lipoprotein
LH Luteinizing hormone
MD Mean difference
MeSH Medical Subject Headings
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa b
PCOS Polycystic ovary syndrome
PICO Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes
PPAR-α Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews
RCT Randomized controlled trial
RCTs Randomized controlled trials
RevMan Review Manager
RoB 2 Risk of Bias 2 (Cochrane tool)
SHBG Sex hormone-binding globulin
SMD Standardized mean difference
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-alpha