Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To study HbA1c as a tool for diagnosing diabetes and to study HbA1c as a cardiovascular risk marker in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).Methods: A retrospective observational study at an academic tertiary-care medical center. In total, 208 premenopausal women with PCOS participated. Patients underwent clinical evaluation (Ferriman–Gallwey score, body mass index, waist, blood pressure), hormone analyses (testosterone, sex hor...

Introduction: PCOS is characterized by insulin resistance and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.Objective: To study the association between birth weight and risk of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in adult life in Danish women born 1973–1991.Methods: Female offspring born in Denmark during 1973–1991 of Danish mothers (n=523, 757) were included and followed for a total of 4, 739, 547 person-years at risk. Inform...

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)....