ea0026p109 | Female reproduction | ECE2011
de Groot P C M
, Dekkers O M
, Romijn J A
, Dieben S W M
, Helmerhorst F M
Background: Patients suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are warned for arterial disease. We examined the risk of (non)fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) or stroke between PCOS patients and ovulatory, non-PCOS women. Further we assessed the effect of obesity on this riskMethods: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled observational studies. Four definitions of PCOS were considered: WHO type II anovulation (1976), NI...