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Stress in Women
Author(s) -
DIAMANTIKANDARAKIS EVANTHIA,
ECONOMOU FRANGISKOS
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1367.006
Subject(s) - hyperandrogenism , polycystic ovary , anovulation , metabolic syndrome , medicine , endocrinology , physiology , gynecology , biology , insulin resistance , obesity
Abstract: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous syndrome that is characterized from oligo‐ or anovulation, clinical and/or biochemical signs of hyperandrogenism, and polycystic ovaries. Clinical expression is determined by genetic as well as environmental factors. Women with PCOS are a specific group of women which have several aspects of metabolic syndrome (MBS). Concomitantly MBS could be part of metabolic abnormalities present in PCOS. Stress has been linked to aggravate the metabolic abnormalities present in MBS. An interaction seems to exist between stress, environmental, as well as genetic factors, starting from the prenatal age and continuing to the adult life. This results in specific endocrinological and metabolic disorders which are shared by women with PCOS and women with MBS.