Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To estimate whether, by using a new ultrasonographic technique (extended view; XTD view), young lean women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have a more android fat distribution in comparison with normally menstruating women with ultrasonographic evidence of polycystic ovaries (PCO) and healthy control subjects, matched for both age and body mass index. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: University Hospital. SAMPLE: Forty-nine lean women with PCOS, 42 eumenorrheic women with bilateral PCO and 40 healthy volunteers with regular ovulatory cycles. METHODS: Fasting blood sampling, ultrasonographic and Doppler analyses and blood pressure monitoring. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Medical examination, biochemical and hormonal parameters, ultrasonographic abdominal fat measurements, ultrasonographic evaluation of carotid intima-media thickness and Doppler analysis of ophthalmic artery. An oral glucose tolerance test was performed to analyze glucose, insulin and C-peptide levels. RESULTS: The XTD ultrasonographic preperitoneal area was significantly larger in women with PCOS than in control subjects (p=0.011). The preperitoneal/subcutaneous ratio was significantly higher in women with PCOS (1.1±0.26) compared with women with PCO (0.84±0.13; p=0.05) and control women (0.67±0.13; p<0.001). The mean pulsatility index of ophthalmic arteries was higher in the PCOS women (1.93±0.57) than in control subjects (1.84±0.38; p=0.041). Total cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL cholesterol were significantly higher in women with PCOS than in those with PCO and in control subjects. CONCLUSIONS: Women with PCOS have an android fat pattern correlated with an age-dependent increased risk of cardiovascular diseases.
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Authors | Cesare Battaglia, Bruno Battaglia, Fulvia Mancini, Roberto Paradisi, Raffaella Fabbri, Stefano Venturoli |
Journal | Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
(Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand)
Vol. 90
Issue 6
Pg. 600-8
(Jun 2011)
ISSN: 1600-0412 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21401530
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2011 The Authors Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica© 2011 Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology. |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Atherosclerosis
(etiology)
- Biomarkers
(blood)
- Body Fat Distribution
- Body Mass Index
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Intra-Abdominal Fat
(diagnostic imaging)
- Organ Size
- Ovary
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
(blood, diagnostic imaging)
- Subcutaneous Fat
(diagnostic imaging)
- Thinness
- Ultrasonography, Doppler
(methods)
- Waist-Hip Ratio
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