title: Plasma visfatin level in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to compare the serum level of visfatin between patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and control subjects matched for age and body mass index (BMI) and to assess the possible correlations of visfatin to the hormonal and metabolic parameters of the syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-five patients with PCOS diagnosis composed of 25 obese, 13 overweight, 17 normal weight subjects and 49 women without concomitant disease matched for age and BMI were included in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Serum visfatin levels were similar in normal weight PCOS and control group. Visfatin levels in obese and overweight patients with PCOS were higher than that found in control women with similar BMI, and visfatin had positive linear correlation with BMI, waist circumference and HOMA-IR. Obese women with PCOS had also significantly higher visfatin levels than normal weight women with PCOS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Visfatin levels in obese and overweight patients with PCOS were higher than that found in females without concomitant disease with similar BMI, and visfatin had positive linear correlation with BMI, waist circumference and HOMA-IR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dıkmen
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tarkun
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cantürk
authors.forename: Berrın
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cetınarslan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D054409:Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase / Q000097:blood*; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D050177:Overweight / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D055105:Waist Circumference
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D054409:Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase