Body mass index and intercourse compliance

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the relationship between body mass index and intercourse compliance in the Reproductive Medicine Network's Pregnancy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (RMN PPCOS) Trial.

Design: Post hoc data analysis of subjects in the RMN PPCOS Trial.

Setting: Academic medical centers.

Intervention(s): None.

Patient(s): Six hundred twenty-six infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with a mean age of 28.1+/-4 years and mean body mass index (BMI) of 35.2+/-8.7 kg/m2.

Main outcome measure(s): Intercourse compliance and BMI.

Result(s): Overall, body mass index was not associated with increased intercourse compliance. However, although patients with BMI>or=35 were less likely to ovulate than patients with BMI<35, they tend to be more compliant with intercourse frequency in ovulatory cycles than patients with BMI<35.

Conclusion(s): BMI was not associated with intercourse compliance or noncompliance. An elevated BMI in infertile women with PCOS is not associated with poor intercourse compliance.