Endocrine Abstracts

Background: A minority of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is lean, and several individuals have no signs of hyperandrogenaemia. Earlier we showed that lean PCOS patients have no increased visceral adiposity. The aim of the present study was study is to characterize the metabolic and hormonal status a group of lean PCOS cases.Methods: In this cross-sectional study ten Caucasian women with PCOS and ten controls carefully matched for age and BMI...