Endocrinology Medical News about Metabolic Diseases Metabolic Syndrome X

Become a Member Today!
Register

Most Viewed Abstracts

1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians

2. AHA Guidelines on Cardiac CT for Assessing Coronary Artery Disease

3. Rapid correction of low vitamin D status in nursing home residents

4. 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income

5. Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors

Your Article Summary

See Latest Articles

(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website)

High Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in First-Degree Male Relatives of Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Is Related to High Rates of Obesity
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 10/21/09

Coviello AD et al. – Male relatives of women with PCOS had increased prevalence rates of MetS and obesity compared to the general U.S. male population from NHANES III. In contrast to women with PCOS and their female relatives, the higher prevalence of MetS in male relatives was accounted for by elevated BMI. These findings suggest that the high rates of MetS in male relatives of women with PCOS are related to higher rates of obesity than the general population.

<< Previous
High quality diabetes care: testing the effectiveness of...

Next >>
Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Inflammatory, Functional and...