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PCOS prevalence estimated at 6%; hirsutism most common presentation. (Study of 609 Women).
SAN FRANCISCO -- A survey of women seeking employment physicals suggests that the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome is 6% in the United States, Keslie Woods said in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society.
The study recruited 609 consecutive women who were seeking a pre-employment physical at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, of whom 402 agreed to participate, said Ms. Woods of the university.
Of those women, 15 had confirmed polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), defined as having menstrual cycles less than 26 days or more than 35 days in length, or anovulation demonstrated by a midluteal progesterone level less than 4 ng/mL if the cycles were between 26 and 35 days, together with hyperandrogenemia and/or hirsutism, after related disorders were ruled out.
An additional 53 of the women were considered to have possible PCOS. These were women in whom the evaluation was incomplete ...
- PCOS Is Not Linked to Increased Coronary Risk.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News JANCIN, BRUCE June 15, 2000 700+ words
...heart disease morbidity. But women with PCOS did have an adjusted 3.4-fold...term follow-up of a group of women with PCOS. Researchers in an earlier Swedish...Swedish report as evidence that women with PCOS are at markedly increased risk...
- PCOS patients have increased risk of cardiovascular disease, studies show.
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly May 27, 2004 700+ words
...in this area, indicate that women with PCOS may be at risk for early-onset...Based on these findings, women who suffer from PCOS should be closely monitored...our study, particularly obese women with PCOS symptoms seem to be at higher...
- PCOS May Lead to Early Onset of Atherosclerosis, Even Among Thin...
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly November 16, 2000 700+ words
...results are consistent among the PCOS women studied, regardless of their weight...cholesterol levels were higher for PCOS women under the age of 40, even among...in LDL levels and "catch up" to PCOS women. Both studies were supported by...
- Should PCOS be treated with insulin sensitizers or oral...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Nestler, John Legro, Richard S. February 15, 2006 700+ words
...use. Most if not all women with PCOS have insulin resistance...outweigh their benefits in PCOS, tipping the balance...contraindications, every woman with PCOS should be on oral contraceptives...most important ones for women with PCOS are a decreased...
- Should PCOS be treated with insulin sensitizers or oral...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Nestler, John Legro, Richard S. February 1, 2006 700+ words
...use. Most if not all women with PCOS have insulin resistance...outweigh their benefits in PCOS, tipping the balance...contraindications, every woman with PCOS should be on oral contraceptives...important ones in relation to women with PCOS are a decreased...
- Metformin urged for PCOS, despite lack of data: current knowledge of the risks...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Kilgore, Christine August 1, 2006 700+ words
...initiating abnormality in PCOS, and has been shown to...reproductive abnormalities of PCOS," said Dr. Tessa Lebinger...clinical setting. "Most women with PCOS are insulin resistant...trial of metformin in any woman with PCOS is reasonable...
- Women with PCOS and their siblings with hormone problems have same gene defect.
- Newspaper article from: Genomics & Genetics Weekly September 13, 2002 700+ words
...with risk factors for diabetes in PCOS women and their brothers. In recently...approximately 50% of the sisters of PCOS women had elevated androgen (so-called...symptoms found in the siblings of PCOS-affected women, but further studies are required...
- Women with PCOS and their siblings with hormone problems have same gene...
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly September 12, 2002 700+ words
...with risk factors for diabetes in PCOS women and their brothers. In recently...approximately 50% of the sisters of PCOS women had elevated androgen (so-called...symptoms found in the siblings of PCOS-affected women, but further studies are required...