title: Reduced serum ghrelin in a putative postmenopausal polycystic ovary syndrome phenotype.
abstract: We measured fasting serum ghrelin concentrations in a cohort of community-dwelling postmenopausal women with a putative polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) phenotype. Ghrelin levels were reduced in women with the phenotype compared with nonaffected control women, supporting our hypothesis that a phenotype analogous to PCOS can be identified in postmenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0607, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Krentz
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barrett-Connor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005260:Female; D054439:Ghrelin / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000097:blood*; D012111:Residence Characteristics
chemical_list: D054439:Ghrelin