Metabolic syndrome and its components in Polish women of childbearing age: a nationwide study.

Dorota Szostak-WęgierekAnna WaśkiewiczWalerian PiotrowskiUrszula StepaniakAndrzej PająkMagdalena KwaśniewskaPaweł NadrowskiArkadiusz NiklasAleksandra Puch-WalczakWojciech Drygas

Published in: BMC public health (2017)

Overweight and obesity, especially of abdominal type, and the related metabolic abnormalities are common in Polish women of childbearing age. Their prevalence tends to increase with age. Underweight is relatively common in the youngest age group.

Keyphrases

metabolic syndrome
polycystic ovary syndrome
insulin resistance
pregnancy outcomes
breast cancer risk
cervical cancer screening