title: Plasma viscosity as an early cardiovascular risk factor in hirsute women with eumenorrhea or oligomenorrhea.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Necmiye Tijen
authors: NT
authors: Erdem
authors: Meltem
authors: M
authors: Ercan
authors: Mehmet Can
authors: MC
authors: Akyolcu
authors: A Sadi
authors: AS
authors: Gündoğdu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003971:Diastole; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006628:Hirsutism / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008598:Menstruation; D008599:Menstruation Disturbances / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D002784:Cholesterol