Why the study?
Do women with PCOS have a different regional fat distribution compared to BMI/fat mass-matched controls?
Population
78 women of UK British/Irish origin, including 50 with polycystic ovary syndrome and 28 controls, with a…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Global adiposity, not regional distribution, may underlie insulin resistance in PCOS; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Do women with PCOS have a different regional fat distribution compared to BMI/fat mass-matched controls?
Women with PCOS do not have a distinct regional fat distribution compared to matched controls, suggesting that global adiposity rather than regional fat accumulation characterizes the condition despite differences in insulin resistance.
Barber et al. (2007) studied this question.
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