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Study links PCOS to depression.(News)
MONTREAL -- A total of 35% of those with polycystic ovary syndrome also had depression in a case-control study of 206 women.
"We recommend that women with PCOS should be routinely screened and adequately treated for depression," study investigator Elizabeth M. Hollinrake said at the joint annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society.
Among women with PCOS, the odds ratio was 5.11 for newly diagnosed depression and 4.23 for depression overall (newly diagnosed and previously diagnosed depression), compared with controls who did not have PCOS, said Ms. Hollinrake, who is a third-year medical student at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.
In an interview, the study's lead author, Anuja Dokras, M.D., Ph.D., noted that the results also show for the first time that depression in PCOS patients is significantly associated with both high body mass index (BMI) and insulin resistance.
"Between 50% and 70% of women who are treated for depression recover completely, so this is an important target population that we should be both screening and treating," added Dr. Dokras of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
The study, which earned a first-place award among the General Program Prize Papers that were presented during the meeting, compared a total of 103 PCOS patients with 103 controls.
Women with PCOS diagnosed by the Rotterdam criteria were recruited from a reproductive endocrinology clinic; women without PCOS who attend the gynecology clinic for an annual exam were the controls.
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