Endocrine Abstracts

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder amongst women of reproductive age and is associated with various cardiometabolic perturbations, in addition to chronic anovulation and factors related to androgen excess. Indeed androgen excess has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk in women; serum testosterone correlates with indices of subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Moreover, women with PCOS, as compared with...

Young women with PCOS presents a severe risk of developing type II diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic liver disease and endometrial cancer. However, in term of events, there is proven evidence only for type II diabetes and for endometrial cancer. In particular, it is still unclear whether CV events are increased in women with PCOS. Completely different data have been published and the quality of many studies is relatively low. Some recent evidence suggests a larger num...