Key result
Hyperinsulinaemia is present in 30% of slim and 75% of obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome and is associated with hyperandrogenism, metabolic disturbances, diabetes, and hypertension.
Population
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Design
Review
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May support insulin resistance screening in PCOS; extends metabolic-CV links but remains hypothesis-generating without interventional data.
This review highlights the central role of insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia in the pathogenesis of metabolic and cardiovascular complications in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Gordana M. Prelević (1997) conducted a review in Polycystic ovary syndrome. Hyperinsulinaemia was evaluated. Hyperinsulinaemia is present in 30% of slim and 75% of obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome and is associated with hyperandrogenism, metabolic disturbances, diabetes, and hypertension.
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