BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder among reproductive-aged women. It is known to be associated with cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the echocardiographic data of patients according to the phenotypes of PCOS. METHODS This study included 113 patients with PCOS and 52 controls. Patients were classified int...

OBJECTIVES To determine the diagnostic performance of transrectal ultrasound in virgin patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, compared with conventional transvaginal ultrasound assessment. METHODS Ultrasound examinations were performed in 963 Korean women, with transvaginal transducers in 677 women and transrectal transducers ...

Background: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is prevalent in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the relationship between dyslipidemia vitamin status close. This meta-analysis was to evaluate effect of (alone or with co-supplementation) on lipid profile PCOS patients.

BACKGROUND Cervical incompetence is an important cause of miscarriage and premature birth and polycystic ovary syndrome is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder that is the most common cause of anovulatory infertility and eugonadotrophic hypogonadism. By now, it is still debated whether women with PCOS have an increased risk of miscarriage and there have been no studies about the pregnancy outcome...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the cardiovascular risk of non-obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by the LAP index (lipid accumulation product). SUBJECTS AND METHODS 283 patients (18-34 years) assigned at the University Hospital of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, were divided into four groups: 1) lean PCOS (n = 35); 2) healthy lean (n = 162); 3) overweight PCOS (n...

UNLABELLED : BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy in women of childbearing age, and it seems better to consider it as an ovarian manifestation of metabolic syndrome. The aim of the current study was to evaluate early atherosclerotic findings in patients with PCOS. METHODS We enrolled 46 women with PCOS and 45 normal control subjects who were referred...

To assess the correlation between insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance in PCO patients and also to evaluate IR and altered lipid profile in them. A prospective study was carried out from Feb. 2006 to Aug. 2007 on total of 75 patients. Out of them 40 patients were taken as cases having clinical and USG features of PCOS and 35 patients were taken as control having no features of PCOS...

BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder accompanied with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease; despite being a common condition, the pathogenesis of PCOS remains unclear. Our aim was to investigate the potential metabolic profiles for different phenotypes of PCOS, as well as for the early prognosis of compl...

BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) causes an increased risk of metabolic cardiovascular syndrome. Also, cystatin C serum levels are associated with the risk of cardiovascular events in metabolic syndrome patients. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between cystatin C in PCOS patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS 35 women with PCOS were compared to 35 women with healthy matched age...

Cytokines play critical roles in the pathogenesis of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). This work was designed to study the implication of IL10 gene polymorphisms (- 1082 G/A and - 819 C/T) on the susceptibility of Egyptian women to have PCOS. Rotterdam consensus criteria were used to diagnose PCOS patients. Genotyping was performed by single-stranded polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction (SS...