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Body Mass Index below Obesity Threshold Implies Similar Cardiovascular Risk among Various Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Phenotypes

Gülay Şimşek Bağır, Okan Bakıner, Gulhan Cavlak, Hülya Serinsöz, Melek Eda Ertörer

Medical Principles and Practice · 2015 · 13 citations · 23 references

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The cardiometabolic risk profile was similar among the PCOS subgroups. This finding could be attributed to the mean BMl values, which, being below 30, were not within the obesity range. Obesity appeared to be an important determinant of high cardiovascular risk in PCOS.

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