title: The importance of lipid spectrum changes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  of the study was to compare levels of blood lipids, anthropometric characteristics and their relationship in women with PCOS with a group of healthy women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We determined anthropometric indicators (BMI - body mass index, waist measurement, waist/hip ratio), blood lipid levels (total cholesterol TCH, high density cholesterol HDL, low density cholesterol LDL and triglycerides TAG) in a group of women with PCOS and a healthy control group. Levels of evaluated blood lipids in women with PCOS and the healthy control group were within the normal range. Women with PCOS differed statistically significantly from the control group in a higher concentration of triglycerides (control 1.01 ± 0.7 mmol.l-1, PCOS 1.17 ± 0.58). In women with PCOS we proved a positive correlation between BMI, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and levels of triglycerides. In women with PCOS waist measurement showed a statistically significant relationship to values of LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and level of triglycerides.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All women with PCOS in our study had very good levels of blood lipoproteins (total cholesterol, LDL and HDL cholesterol, triglycerides) so we are not sure if there is any importance of changes in blood lipid metabolism in these patients (Tab. 1, Fig. 2, Ref. 16).
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sarapatkova
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sarapatka
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Frysak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000097:blood*; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids