Why the study?
Do women with polycystic ovary syndrome have increased carotid artery intima-media thickness indicating premature atherosclerosis?
Do women with polycystic ovary syndrome have increased carotid artery intima-media thickness indicating premature atherosclerosis?
Women with PCOS have an increased risk of premature atherosclerosis, highlighting the need for cardiovascular risk screening in this population.
Supports CV risk screening in women with PCOS; extends meta-analytic evidence but leaves causal and outcome impact open.
Larger studies with a well-defined PCOS population using rigorous methodology may be required to draw a more robust conclusion. However, these results suggest women with PCOS are at a greater risk of premature atherosclerosis, which emphasizes the importance of screening and monitoring CVD risk factors in women with PCOS.
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Meyer et al. (2011) studied this question.
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