title: Association between follicular fluid leptin and serum insulin levels in nonoverweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We evaluated the links between leptin and visfatin levels and fertilization rates in nonoverweight (NOW) women with PCOS (NOW-PCOS) from Apulia undergoing in vitro fertilization/embryo transfer (IVF).
  
  
  METHODS
  We recruited 16 NOW women with PCOS (NOW-PCOS) and 10 normally ovulating NOW women (control-NOW). All women underwent IVF. Androgens, 17- β -estradiol (17 β -E2), and insulin levels were measured in plasma and/or serum and leptin and visfatin levels were assayed in both serum and follicular fluid (FF-leptin, FF-visfatin).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In NOW-PCOS, both serum and FF-leptin were significantly lower than in control-NOW. In NOW-PCOS, significant correlations were found between BMI and serum leptin and insulinemia and FF-leptin. By contrast, in control-NOW, FF-leptin levels were not correlated with insulinemia. Serum visfatin levels were not significantly different in NOW-PCOS and control-NOW, but FF-visfatin levels were 1.6-fold higher, although not significantly, in NOW-PCOS than in control-NOW.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both serum leptin levels and FF-leptin are BMI- and insulin-related in Southern Italian NOW-PCOS from Apulia. In line with other reports showing that FF-leptin levels are predictive of fertilization rates, lower than normal FF-leptin levels in NOW-PCOS may explain their lower fertilization rate and this may be related to the level of insulin and/or insulin resistance.
authors.affiliation: Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garruti
authors.affiliation: Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Unit A, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Palo
authors.affiliation: Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rotelli
authors.affiliation: Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Unit A, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nocera
authors.affiliation: Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Unit A, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Totaro
authors.affiliation: Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Unit A, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nardelli
authors.affiliation: Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Unit A, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Panzarino
authors.affiliation: Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Unit A, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vacca
authors.affiliation: Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Unit A, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Selvaggi
authors.affiliation: Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giorgino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D015571:Follicular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D010062:Ovulation Induction; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D020738:Leptin