Polycystic ovary syndrome and risk for myocardial infarction. Evaluated from a risk factor model based on a prospective population study of women

Dahlgren E; Janson PO; Johansson S; Lapidus L; Odén A

doi:10.3109/00016349209006227

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Polycystic ovary syndrome and risk for myocardial infarction. Evaluated from a risk factor model based on a prospective population study of women

Dahlgren E, Janson PO, Johansson S, Lapidus L, Odén A

Published December 1992 Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 71(8), 599-604

DOI 10.3109/00016349209006227 PMID 1336918

Abstract

In order to estimate whether women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have an increased risk of developing myocardial infarction, a risk factor model was applied on 33 women with PCOS and 132 age matched referents. The risk factor model was established from independent risk factors for myocardial infarction in a prospective population study of 1462 women in Göteborg, Sweden. The independent risk factors were age, manifest hypertension, manifest diabetes mellitus, central obesity measured as increased waist to hip circumference ratio and serum triglyceride concentration. A considerably increased risk (relative risk of 7.4) of developing myocardial infarction was observed for women with PCOS compared to age-matched referents. Since the risk factors include variables correlated to obesity, the results indicate that advice on dietary restriction is an important part of the treatment once the diagnosis is established.

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PMID 1336918 1336918 DOI 10.3109/00016349209006227 10.3109/00016349209006227 Dahlgren et al. 1992, Dahlgren 1992

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Adult, Age Factors, Anthropometry, Diabetes Complications, Female, Humans, Hypertension/complications, Middle Aged, Models, Statistical, Myocardial Infarction/etiology, Obesity/complications/physiopathology, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome/complications/metabolism, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Triglycerides/blood, Triglycerides

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