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Searching for polycystic ovary  syndrome in postmenopausal women: evidence of 
a dose-effect association with  prevalent cardiovascular disease.

Menopause. 2007  Mar-Apr;14(2):284-92

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The  objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that PCOS is 
associated with  an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) in 
older  postmenopausal women.  A cross section of postmenopausal women who had 
BMIs  between 21.5 and 27.5, were between 65.9 and 81.7 years old and weren't 
using  estrogen were studied.  Women who were included in the PCOS group had 
at  least 3 of the following:  (1) recalled history of irregular menses, (2)  
symptomatic premenopausal hyperandrogenism or biochemical evidence of current  
biochemical hyperandrogenism, (3) history of infertility or miscarriage, (4)  
central obesity, or (5) insulin resistance.  PCOS was found in 9.3% of the  
women studied and 5.8% of the women without diabetes.  The study concluded  that 
PCOS increases the risk of atherosclerotic CVD after menopause, especially  
in non-diabetic postmenopausal women with intact ovaries.  




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