ea0021p165 | Diabetes and metabolism | SFEBES2009
Siddiqui Mohammad
, Gupta Mukul
, Wangnoo Subhash
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have twice the risk for metabolic syndrome (MetS) compared to women from the general population. Mothers and sisters of affected women also have an increased prevalence of MetS. We undertook this study to evaluate whether these abnormalities are also present in brothers of affected women.Design and setting: A total of 59 brothers (age ≥18 and ≤40 years) of women with PCOS and 59 healthy men (o...