Impact of polycystic ovary syndrome on the course of the menopausal period

Grzegorz Stachowiak; Agnieszka Zając; Tomasz Pertyński

doi:10.5114/pm.2013.35073

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Menopause Review/Przegląd Menopauzalny

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Impact of polycystic ovary syndrome on the course of the menopausal period

Grzegorz Stachowiak

,

Agnieszka Zając

,

Tomasz Pertyński

Przegląd Menopauzalny 2013; 2: 146–149

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pm.2013.35073

Online publish date: 2013/05/13

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Polycystic ovary syndrome is one of the main reasons of hyperandrogenism in women after menopause. Elevated androgen levels generated by polycystic ovaries cause some unfavorable metabolic changes (e.g. in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism), which may lead to increased female morbidity (e.g. diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, neoplasms – endometrial and ovarian cancers). This has a negative impact on the quality of life of women in this period. Thus, postmenopausal women should be regarded as a group at increased risk of the above diseases and be treated with special medical health care.

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Impact of polycystic ovary syndrome on the course of the menopausal period

Grzegorz Stachowiak , Agnieszka Zając , Tomasz Pertyński

polycystic ovary syndrome, hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance, menopause

Grzegorz Stachowiak

,

Agnieszka Zając

,

Tomasz Pertyński