@article{
author = "Macut, Đuro and Bačević, Marina and Božić-Antić, Ivana and Bjekić-Macut, Jelica and Civcic, Milorad and Erceg, Snježana and Vojnović-Milutinović, Danijela and Stanojlović, Olivera and Andrić, Zoran and Kastratović-Kotlica, Biljana and Sukilović, Tijana",
year = "2015",
abstract = "Background. Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) could develop
subclinical atherosclerosis during life. Purpose. To analyze
cardiovascular risk (CVR) factors and their relation to clinical markers
of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in respect to their age. Material and
Methods. One hundred women with PCOS (26.32 +/- 5.26 years, BMI: 24.98
+/- 6.38 kg/m(2)) were compared to 50 respective controls. In all
subjects, total cholesterol (TC), HDL-C, LDL-C, triglycerides, TC/HDL-C
and TG/HDL-C ratios, glucose, insulin and HOMA index, waist-to-hip ratio
(WHR), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP, resp.), and
carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) were analyzed in respect to their
age and level of androgens. Results. PCOS over 30 years had higher WHR
(P = 0.008), SBP (P < 0.001), DBP (P < 0.001), TC (P = 0.028), HDL-C (P
= 0.028), LDL-C (P = 0.045), triglycerides (P < 0.001), TC/HDL-C (P <
0.001), and triglycerides/HDL-C (P < 0.001) and had more prevalent
hypertension and pronounced CIMT on common carotid arteries even after
adjustment for BMI (P = 0.005 and 0.036, resp.). TC/ HDL-C and TG/HDL-C
were higher in PCOS with the highest quintile of FAI in comparison to
those with lower FAI (P = 0.045 and 0.034, resp.). Conclusions. PCOS
women older than 30 years irrespective of BMI have the potential for
early atherosclerosismirrored through the elevated lipids/lipid ratios
and through changes in blood pressure.",
journal = "International Journal of Endocrinology",
title = "Predictors of Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Women with
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Interrelationship of Dyslipidemia and
Arterial Blood Pressure",
number = "812610",
doi = "10.1155/2015/812610"
}