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Women with polycystic ovary syndrome wedge resected in 1956 to 1965: a long-term follow-up focusing on natural history and circulating hormones

E Dahlgren et al. Fertil Steril. 1992 Mar.

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Abstract

Objective: To determine if the hormonal imbalance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) continues into and after menopause and to analyze factors constituting an increased risk for developing metabolic disorders.

Design: The study was a transectional retrospective cohort follow-up of patients with PCOS.

Setting: The women with PCOS were recruited from hospital clinics, and referents were randomized from a population study of women.

Participants: Thirty-three women ages 40 to 59 years with ovarian histopathology typical of PCOS at wedge resection 22 to 31 years previously; 132 age-matched referents were analyzed.

Main outcome measures: Clinical data were collected via a questionnaire supplemented with an interview in connection to a clinical examination that also included fasting venous sampling.

Results: Infertility, hirsutism, and oligomenorrhea were more common among the subjects with PCOS, but there was a considerable spontaneous restitution of cyclic regularity with time. Women with PCOS were more often hysterectomized and entered menopause later compared with referents. The hormone data show a typical profile for PCOS. Compared with referents women with PCOS showed marked increase in prevalence of central obesity, higher basal serum insulin concentrations, and a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

Conclusion: Perimenopausal women with PCOS have an increased morbidity in hypertension and diabetes mellitus that adds to the classic symptoms, such as anovulation, hirsutism, and infertility.

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Dahlgren E, Johansson S, Lindstedt G, Knutsson F, Oden A, Janson PO, Mattson LA, Crona N, Lundberg PA. Dahlgren E, et al. Fertil Steril. 2019 Oct;112(4 Suppl1):e162-e170. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.08.084. Fertil Steril. 2019. PMID: 31623727 No abstract available.

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