Prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in women with severe obesity - Effects of a structured weight loss programme.
Josefin KataokaIngrid LarssonSofia BjörkmanBjörn EliassonJohanna SchmidtElisabet Stener-VictorinPublished in: Clinical endocrinology (2019)
Polycystic ovary syndrome occurs in one out of four women with severe obesity. The prevalence of MetS does not differ between women with or without PCOS with severe obesity. There was a significant weight loss in both groups but no difference between groups regarding change in metabolic parameters.
Keyphrases
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- weight loss
- insulin resistance
- bariatric surgery
- roux en y gastric bypass
- metabolic syndrome
- high fat diet induced
- gastric bypass
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- early onset
- weight gain
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- glycemic control
- randomized controlled trial
- drug induced
- study protocol
- clinical trial
- body mass index
- physical activity
- double blind