Zeinab Barartabar

1. Students Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 2. Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

[ 1 ] - Association of Low Zinc Concentration and Hyperleptinemia with Overweight and Insulin Resistance in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women

Background and Objective: It has been reported that low concentration of zinc in serum is associated with insulin resistance (IR), also appears to be a relationship between insulin and leptin. In this study the possibility of increased leptin concentration and zinc deficiency was evaluated; in the following, their relationship with overweight and IR was investigated in women with polycystic ova...