Evaluation of serum lipid profile and sex hormones in women with polycystic ovary syndrome - A comparative study
| Autor: | Pravesh Hegde, Lakshmi Manjeera, Prasanna Shetty Kumar, Shilpa S. Shetty, Suchetha N. Kumari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Research Journal of Biotechnology. 16:13-18 |
| ISSN: | 2278-4535 0973-6263 |
| DOI: | 10.25303/1611rjbt1318 |
| Popis: | Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), an endocrinological disorder with lipid disturbances leads to a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations including menstrual irregularities, infertility, obesity and hyperandrogenism. This study aimed to determine the levels of lipid profile and sex hormones and its effect on PCOS from a State in southern India. This comparative hospital-based study was conducted in the State of Karnataka, India from June 2019 to January 2020. 57 age-matched PCOS and 67 healthy controls were enrolled for the study. Fasting glucose, insulin, lipid profile and sex hormone levels were analyzed after taking informed consent from all participants. The mean age of patients with PCOS was 25.05 ± 6.04 years and the mean age of subjects in the control group was 27.36 ± 7.08 years. Lipid profile showed statistically significant increased levels of triglyceride 147.3±86.6 (p |
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