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Endocrine Abstracts (2014) 35 P209 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.35.P209

Department of Gynecological Endocrinology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.


Aim: To assess lipid levels in patients with PCOS and BMI >25.

Materials and methods: 102 patients admitted to the Gynaecologic Endocrinology Clinic of the Jagiellonian University’s Collegium Medicum agreed to take part in this research, and PCOS, according to the Rotterdam criteria, was found in 87 of them. The control group consisted of 15 patients with FAI <5. All of the 87 patients had BMI >25. This index, as well as blood samples, were obtained during routine investigations at the hospital.

Results: No statistically relevant difference was found in total cholesterol levels, as well as in HDL and triglyceride levels, between patients with PCOS and the control group. Patients with PCOS had significantly higher LDL levels (2.96±0.73 vs 2.42±0.57; P<0.02).

Conclusion: Our results may suggest greater cardiovascular risk in overweight and obese PCOS women.

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