Coronary Heart Disease - Risk

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Women Are At "Significant" Risk

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 24th, 1995

A fairly common syndrome in women characterized by hormonal abnormalities and infertility is associated with "significantly" increased risk of developing heart disease, according to a new report.

The largest study to compare women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to "controls" reveals a pattern suggestive of "a male coronary heart disease risk-factor profile," University of Pittsburgh researchers say. Their findings appear in the July 1995, issue of the American Heart Association journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.

"The preliminary evidence based on our study and a few others shows that PCOS does increase a woman's risk...

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