Body composition in women with premature ovarian insufficiency using hormone therapy and the relation to cardiovascular risk markers: A case-control study.

Objective: To compare body composition between women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) using hormone therapy and controls with normal ovarian function, and to correlate body composition with cardiovascular risk markers in the POI group.

Patients And Design: A case-control study of 70 women with POI matched by age and body mass index with 70 controls.

Measurements: All were submitted to whole-body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to analyse body composition.