Study design and study population
obesity, uterine fibroids, anemia, heart or lung illness, diabetes
OBESITY, ENDOCRINE OR METABOLIC DISEASE, UTERINE FIBROIDS, ANEMIA, MYOMA, HYPERTENSION, BLEEDING DISORDERS, DIABETES
We followed the CONSORT reporting guidelines in reporting our randomized, double-blinded multi-center study which was performed between 20We included premenopausal women between the ages of 30 and 50, with a minimum of five symptomatic uterine fibroids with a maximum diameter of 6 cm for the largest myoma, all intramural or subserous types, and uterine sizes smaller than 24 weeks of pregnancy. We excluded women with a history of prior surgeries, hypertension, heart or lung illness, bleeding disorders, anemia (hemoglobin (Hb) < 10 g %), chronic endocrine or metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity (body mass index > 30 kg/m