OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether electro-acupuncture or physical exercise influence serum anti-M  llerian hormone ( @entity248 ), antral follicle count (AFC) or ovarian volume in @entity1 with @entity3610 ( @entity3610 ). DESIGN: Secondary analyses of a prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial. SETTING: University Hospital, Sweden. @entity1 : Seventy-four @entity1 with @entity3610 recruited from the general population. INTERVENTIONS: @entity1 with @entity3610 were randomized to 16  weeks of electro-acupuncture (14 treatments), exercise (at least three times/week), or no intervention. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Serum @entity248 recorded at baseline, after 16  weeks of intervention, and at follow up at 32  weeks. AFC, and ovarian volume assessed by magnetic resonance imaging at baseline and at follow up at 32  weeks. RESULTS: After 16  weeks of intervention, serum levels of @entity248 were significantly decreased in the electro-acupuncture group by 17.5% (p  <  0.001), and differed from the change in the exercise group. @entity248 remained decreased by 15% (p  =  0.004) also at follow up at 32  weeks, but did not differ from the exercise or the no intervention groups. There was a decrease by 8.5% (p  =  0.015) in ovarian volume between baseline and follow up in the electro-acupuncture group, and by 11.7% (p  =  0.01) in AFC in the physical exercise group. No other variables were affected. CONCLUSIONS: This study is the first to demonstrate that acupuncture reduces serum @entity248 levels and ovarian volume. Physical exercise did not influence circulating @entity248 or ovarian volume. Despite a within-group decrease in AFC, exercise did not lead to a between-group difference.

Serum anti-M  llerian hormone and ovarian morphology assessed by magnetic resonance imaging in response to acupuncture and exercise in @entity1 with XXXX : secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Women', 'PATIENTS'] @entity3610 :: ('MESH:D011085', 'Disease') :: ['polycystic ovary syndrome', 'PCOS'] @entity248 :: ('268', 'Gene') :: ['AMH']
@entity3610 :: (MESH:D011085,Disease) :: ['polycystic ovary syndrome']
