Endocrine Abstracts

Hyperinsulinaemia and insulin resistance (IR) are well recognised features of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). There is an interaction of BMI with ovarian morphology so that the more obese the subject with PCOS the greater the degree of IR compared with weight-matched controls. There is an associated dyslipidaemia and it has been suggested that women with PCOS are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, although there is, as yet, little direct evidence for this. It is, h...