ea0028oc2.7 | Reproduction and bone | SFEBES2012
Mani Hamidreza
, Davies Melanie
, Levy Miles
, Blackledge Hanna
, Gray Laura
, Howlett Trevor
, Khunti Kamlesh
Introduction: Women with PCOS share the underlying pathology of insulin resistance with diabetes, metabolic syndrome and have increased prevalence of obesity. Despite these well established risk factors data on long term cardiovascular outcomes are limited and conflicting.Methodology: Retrospective analysis of a multi-ethnic database of all women with PCOS attending one UK endocrine unit between 1988 and 2009. Cardiovascular (CV) events were identified b...