ea0028p167 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2012
Aghilla Mohamed
, Adya Raghu
, Tan Bee
, Lehnert Hendrik
, Ashawesh Khaled
, Randeva Harpal
Introduction: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is associated with insulin resistance, visceral obesity -metabolic syndrome (MS) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Fetuin-A, human protein: α2-Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein is an abundant serum protein exclusively expressed in the liver and has been suggested to act as a link between obesity, insulin resistance (IR), and MS.Aims: A) To determine levels of Fetuin-A in PCOS women. B) To invest...