TLDR Women with PCOS are at high risk of glucose metabolism issues and heart diseases, especially if overweight, highlighting the need for early intervention.
The study "Changes in Metabolic Profile in the Women with a History of PCOS—A Long-Term Follow-Up Study" followed 31 Caucasian women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) for a median period of 120.9 months. The study found an increase in glucose concentrations, a decrease in insulin concentrations, and no changes in insulin resistance markers. No one developed diabetes, but the annualized incidence rate for conversion from normoglycemia to prediabetes was 4.5%. Prediabetes predictors in young PCOS women were identified as baseline body mass index (BMI), free androgen index, fasting glucose, and M-clamp value. Prediabetes appeared in 76.47% of the women with a final BMI of ≥ 25 kg/m² and in 7.14% of the normal-weight women. The study concluded that there is a high rate of adverse change in glucose metabolism in overweight and obese participants, a deterioration in ß-cell function, and strong correlations between metabolic parameters assessed in the third and the fourth decade in PCOS women. This emphasizes the role of early intervention to prevent cardiometabolic diseases.
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April 2008 in “European journal of endocrinology” Metformin and rosiglitazone both improved insulin use and hormonal symptoms in women with PCOS.
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April 2008 in “Therapeutics and clinical risk management” The birth control combination of ethinylestradiol and drospirenone helps treat symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome.
