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. 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.
Erdem
Necmiye Tijen
NT
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ercan
Meltem
M
Akyolcu
Mehmet Can
MC
Gündoğdu
A Sadi
AS
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
D007328:Insulin; D002784:Cholesterol