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ea0026p120 | Female reproduction | ECE2011

Smoking is associated with increased adrenal responsiveness, decreased prolactin levels and a more adverse lipid profile in 650 Caucasian patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

Glintborg D , Mumm H , Hougaard D M , Ravn P , Andersen M

Objective: Smoking may be associated with changes in metabolic risk factors and sex hormones in PCOS.Design: Retrospective trans-sectional study.Patients: Six hundred and fifty caucasian premenopausal women with the diagnoses hirsutism or PCOS were divided according to smoking status: Non-smokers (NS-PCOS=390) and smokers (S-PCOS=260). 119 healthy women were studied as controls (NS-Control=105, S-Control=14)....