OBJECTIVE To find the prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity in PCOS women of reproductive age group. METHODS Study design: Observational study was done at ESIMC and PGIMSR K.K. Nagar March 2013-Feb 2014. Ninety cases of women with PCOS based on Rotterdam's criteria and an equal number of age-matched controls (women without PCOS) were included in the study. Thyroid profile, antithyroid peroxidase...

BACKGROUND Recently, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has included glycated hemoglobin A1(c) (A1C) level as a component of diagnostic criteria of 'diabetes' or 'increased risk for diabetes'. This study was conducted to examine the prevalence of and risk factors for 'elevated A1C' (≥5.7%) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS A1C was measured using an immunoturbidimetr...

In this retrospective study, we investigate the relationship between embryo arrest and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) during in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET). In this study, 667 subjects were enrolled, including 330 patients with PCOS and 337 subjects without PCOS. The subjects underwent in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection and embryo transfer (IVF/ICSI-ET) c...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age group and is associated with a higher cardiovascular risk. Obesity, mainly visceral adiposity, is prevalent in patients with PCOS. Obesity is associated with low-grade inflammation and raised inflammatory cytokines, both of which are also described in patients with PCOS. In this paper, the potential rel...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the association between premicroalbuminuria and metabolic syndrome in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). METHODS In this case - control study, we analyzed the medical records of 78 women (mean age ±SD was 27.2± 2.5 years) with PCOS and 63 controls (mean age ±SD was 26.9±2.4 years) from an endocrinology outpatient center of Buali universi...

Obesity or overweight affect most of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Phenotypes are the clinical characteristics produced by the interaction of heredity and environment in a disease or syndrome. Phenotypes of PCOS have been described on the presence of clinical hyperandrogenism, oligoovulation and polycystic ovaries. The insulin resistance is present in the majority of patients ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of diagnostic work-up received by patients with "possible" polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). DESIGN A retrospective chart review. SETTING A hospital based Pediatric Clinic in New York City. PATIENTS Sixty female patients aged 13-19 years, with a primary ICD-9 diagnosis of ovarian dysfunction (256), menstrual irregularity (626), or hirsutism (704.1) were ran...

INTRODUCTION Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal and metabolic disorder which poses problems with controlled ovarian stimulation (COH). It has been also postulated that PCOS patients have oocytes and embryos with poorer quality which affects IVF results. AIM To verify IVF outcome in non-obese patients with PCOS. MATERIALS AND METHODS IVF results of 71 non-obese PCOS patients wi...

Background: Hyperhomocysteinemia is a recognized risk factor for atherosclerosis. Elevated homocysteine (Hcy) results in severe oxidative stress, platelets hyper activity, and impairs arterial circulation and smooth muscle proliferation in vascular wall. This study was carried out to evaluate follicular fluid (FF) Hcy, glucose and estradiol levels in IVF candidate PCOS women. Materials and Meth...

OBJECTIVE Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by phenotypic heterogeneity and has a wide variety of consequences. Approximately half of women with PCOS are overweight or obese, and their obesity may be a contributing factor to PCOS pathogenesis through different mechanisms. The aim of this study was to evaluate if PCOS alone affects the patients' quality of life and to what extent...