Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects 5–8% of reproductive-age women. The morbidity related to PCOS may include insulin-resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and infertility. We aimed to evaluate the clinico-biochemical characteristics of PCOS women and establish its relationship with fertility treatment outcomes.Methods: We reviewed clinical records of PCOS women (Rotterdam crite...

Introduction: Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) is a useful marker of ovarian reserve (OR), since it remains stable inter/intra-cycles and presents a good correlation with ultrasonographic antral follicular count. Obesity/overweight are increasing and may affect the reproductive health. However, previous studies regarding the effect of body mass index (BMI) on AMH levels are discordant. Our main goal was to evaluate the influence of BMI in AMH levels in women with infertility....

Introduction: Prevalence of hypothyroidism is 2–5% in women in the reprodutive age group. Hypothyroidism can affect fertility due to anovulatory cycles, luteal phase defects, hyperprolactinemia and sex hormones imbalance. Some data also report that TSH levels are inversely proportional to the fertilization rate at ART (assisted reproductive technologies).Objective: To evaluate if a relationship exists between pregnancy rates in women undergoing ...