ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
Evaluation of the relationship between serum ferritin and insulin resistance and visceral adiposity index (VAI) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
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- Association of adiposity indices with insulin resistance among women with polycystic ovary syndrome.Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine · 2025Article
- Triglyceride-glucose index and lipid ratios in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Association of the Chinese visceral adiposity index with marrow adiposity in postmenopausal females.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Lipid accumulation product and visceral adiposity index in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- The Role of Different Methods in Defining Cardiometabolic Risk and Metabolic Syndrome in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Physiological effect of iron status on patients with polycystic ovary syndrome in Basrah city.Journal of medical biochemistry · 2023Article
- A novel visceral adiposity index predicts bone loss in female early rheumatoid arthritis patients detected by HR-pQCT.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Rhamnocitrin Attenuates Ovarian Fibrosis in Rats with Letrozole-Induced Experimental Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022Article
- The Changes in Body Composition in Obese Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy:a 12-Month Follow-up.Obesity surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThere is a relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and adipose tissue dysfunction (ADD), but this relationship is not clear. It has been recently shown that iron accumulation in adipose tissue is among the causes of adipose tissue dysfunction. Data on adipose tissue dysfunction in women with PCOS are insufficient. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum ferritin levels (iron accumulation biomarker) and visceral adiposity index (an indicator of adipose tissue dysfunction).
methodsThe study is a case-control study. Women with diagnosed PCOS with 2003 Rotterdam Diagnostic Criteria (n = 40) were compared with non-PCOS group (n = 40). In this study, the cholesterol ratios, the homeostatic model evaluation index for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and the quantitative insulin sensitivity control index were calculated using biochemical parameters, and the visceral adiposity index (VAI) and the lipid accumulation product (LAP) were calculated using both anthropometric and biochemical parameters. In this study, insulin resistance was evaluated by HOMA-IR and adipose tissue dysfunction was evaluated by VAI index.
resultsAccording to the results of this study, women with PCOS have a worse metabolic status than women without PCOS. However, this has been shown only in overweight and obese women, not in women with normal weight.
conclusionAs a result, the presence of obesity in women with PCOS exacerbates metabolic status. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
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