Plasma viscosity as an early cardiovascular risk factor in hirsute women with eumenorrhea or oligomenorrhea

Plasma viscosity as an early cardiovascular risk factor in hirsute women with eumenorrhea or oligomenorrhea

To investigate plasma viscosity, a hemorheologic variable, in oligomenorrheic and eumenorrheic hirsute women.Descriptive study. Endocrinology and metabolism clinic. Twenty five hirsute women with oligomenorrhea and eumenorrhea and 30 age- and weight-matched healthy, eumenorrheic, nonhirsute women. P...

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Published in:Fertility and sterility Vol. 80; no. 5; p. 1195
Main Authors: Erdem, Necmiye Tijen, Ercan, Meltem, Akyolcu, Mehmet Can, Gündoğdu, A Sadi
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01-11-2003
Subjects:
Adult
Blood Pressure
Blood Viscosity
Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology
Case-Control Studies
Cholesterol - blood
Diastole
Fasting - blood
Female
Hirsutism - blood
Hirsutism - complications
Hirsutism - physiopathology
Humans
Insulin - blood
Menstruation
Menstruation Disturbances - complications
Risk Factors
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Summary:To investigate plasma viscosity, a hemorheologic variable, in oligomenorrheic and eumenorrheic hirsute women.Descriptive study. Endocrinology and metabolism clinic. Twenty five hirsute women with oligomenorrhea and eumenorrhea and 30 age- and weight-matched healthy, eumenorrheic, nonhirsute women. Plasma viscosity. Plasma viscosity was significantly elevated in hirsute women compared with eumenorrheic nonhirsute women. Significant correlations were observed between plasma viscosity and fasting insulin level, cholesterol level, and diastolic blood pressure. Hirsute women with oligomenorrhea or eumenorrhea had a significantly elevated plasma viscosity compared with healthy controls.
ISSN:0015-0282
DOI:10.1016/S0015-0282(03)01173-7