background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is one of the common endocrine disorders in women of reproductive ages. it is associated with a range of disorders, such as dyslipidemia, hypertension, insulin resistance (ir), compensatory hyperinsulinemia,gestational, and type 2 diabetes, and increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity. there are different treatments available for pcos. the purpose ...

background: insulin resistance has an important role in pathophysiology of polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos). yet there are certain controversies regarding the presence of insulin resistance in non-obese patients. objective: the aim was to compare the insulin resistance and various endocrine and metabolic abnormalities in obese and non-obese pcos women.materials and methods: in this cross-sect...

polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is a reproductive and metabolic disorder in which thelevel of oxidative elements in blood rises. green tea is a potent antioxidant since it containscatechins. in this study, the effect of hydro-alcoholic green tea extract on pcos rats was examined.for pcos induction, 96 mature wistar rats were given estradiol valerate. after 60 days, therats were divided into fo...

background: polycystic ovaries syndrome (pcos) is the most common disorder in infertile women with ovulation sterility. there are some instances of abnormal endocrine in the women stricken by this syndrome and so the clinical results of ovulating induction in them, because of severe response of ovary against ovulating induction, are very discussing and may lead to different results from those w...

objective: since there is still controversy regarding the best first-line choice for ovulation induction (oi) other than clomiphene citrate (cc) in infertile women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos), the aim of the present study was to compare recombinant human fsh with cc as the first course of oi in these women. materials and methods: in this pilot randomized controlled trial, 10...

objective: the aim of this study is to determine if simvastatin pretreatment would change clomiphene response in clomiphene citrate-resistant (cc-r)women with (pcos). materials and methods: this quasi experimental study included twenty five clomiphene resistant women with pcos. all patients received cyclic oral contraceptives pills (ocp) (30µg of ethinyl estradiol and 150µg of desogestrol) from...

background:   objective: this study was conducted to determine the effect of omega-3 supplementation on sex hormone-binding protein (shbg), testosterone, free androgen index (fai) and menstrual status in women with pcos.   materials and methods: this double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 78 overweight/obese women with pcos. participants were randomized to receive omega-3 (3gr/...

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are characterized by obesity, menstruation irregularity, hirsutism and infertility, and prevalent with cardiometabolic comorbidities, but population-based studies on the risk of developing coronary artery disease are limited. From claims data of the Taiwan National Health Insurance, we identified 8048 women with polycystic ovary syndrome aged 15-49 years new...