Aerobic Training Improves Quality of Life in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of a supervised aerobic exercise training intervention on health-related quality of life (HRQL), cardiorespiratory fitness, cardiometabolic profile, and affective response in overweight/obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Methods: Twenty-seven overweight/obese inactive women with PCOS (body mass index, ≥ 25 kg·m; age 18 to 34 yr) were allocated into an exercise group (n = 14) and a control group (n = 13). Progressive aerobic exercise training was performed three times per week (~150 min·wk) over 16 wk.

Aerobic exercise improves cardiac autonomic modulation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of aerobic exercise on cardiac autonomic modulation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Methods: Thirty women with PCOS (25.8±4.

Evaluation of the relationship between the pelvic floor muscles and insulin resistance.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) in women with insulin resistance (IR) using surface electromyography and to associate the results with insulin levels.

Patients And Methods: Through an analytical, cross-sectional study, 86 women were evaluated and divided into two groups: a control group (n=35) and an IR group (n=51). Data were collected through detailed history-taking, physical examination, and biochemical analysis.

Is there a difference in the electromyographic activity of the pelvic floor muscles across the phases of the menstrual cycle?

[Purpose] To evaluate the electrical activity of the pelvic floor muscle in women during the follicular, ovulatory, and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle and its correlation with estradiol and total testosterone levels. [Subjects and Methods] This cross-sectional study involved 30 women with ovulatory menstrual cycles. Total testosterone and estradiol levels were measured and the muscle tone and maximum voluntary contraction of the pelvic floor muscles were evaluated using surface electromyography.

Relationship between pelvic floor muscle and hormone levels in polycystic ovary syndrome.

Aims: To evaluate the electrical activity of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Methods: Forty-two women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS group) and 13 premenopausal women (control group) were recruited in this cross-sectional study. Total testosterone and estradiol were measured and muscle tone and maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) of PFM were determined by surface electromyography.

Polycystic ovary syndrome: aggressive or protective factor for the retina? Evaluation of macular thickness and retinal nerve fiber layers using high-definition optical coherence tomography.

Objective. To compare macular thickness (MT) and retinal nerve fiber layers (RNFL) between women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and healthy women. Materials and Methods.

Anthropometric indices of central obesity how discriminators of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Background: Central obesity is highly prevalent in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Objectives: To define cut-off points of waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and conicity index (C-Index) to discriminate metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Brazilian women with PCOS.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, anthropometric, biochemical and clinical parameters were measured in 113 Brazilian PCOS women (27.

[Correlation between complaints of stress urinary incontinence and the one-hour pad test in postmenopausal women].

Objective: to correlate complaints of stress urinary incontinence and the results of a one-hour pad test in pre- and postmenopausal women.

Methods: cross-sectional study conducted on 60 postmenopausal volunteers divided into two groups: one consisting of 34 women with involuntary loss of urine due to stress incontinence and the other consisting of 26 women without involuntary loss of urine. A control group of 15 premenopausal women with normal menstrual cycles and no urinary complaints was also used.

[Evaluation of cardiovascular risk by the LAP index in non-obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome].

Objective: To analyze the cardiovascular risk of non-obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by the LAP index (lipid accumulation product).

Subjects And Methods: 283 patients (18-34 years) assigned at the University Hospital of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, were divided into four groups: 1) lean PCOS (n = 35); 2) healthy lean (n = 162); 3) overweight PCOS (n = 28); 4) healthy overweight (n = 58).

Results: Patients with PCOS showed higher values of the LAP index than healthy controls: lean (22.

[Polycystic ovary syndrome: a psychosocial approach].

The polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine-gynecologic disturbance characterized mainly by chronic anovulation and hyperandrogenism, affecting between 5 and 10% of reproductive-age women. The main manifestations of PCOS include the following symptoms: menstrual irregularity, excess body hair, infertility, acne, androgenetic alopecia, obesity and acantose nigricans. These symptoms appear quite heterogeneously, with marked differences in their prevalence and intensity among different groups of women with PCOS.

[Central obesity index and cardiovascular risk factors in polycystic ovary syndrome].

Background: Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) present a high prevalence of abdominal obesity, which is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk.

Objective: To verify the accuracy of the waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and the conicity index (CI) in the detection of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) in women with PCOS.

Methods: The present transversal study allocated 102 women (26.

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in Brazilian women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components in Brazilian women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: University Hospital, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brazil.

[Menstrual cycle irregularity as a marker of cardiovascular risk factors at postmenopausal years].

To evaluate the association between cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) during postmenopausal years and previous menstrual irregularity during reproductive years, we performed a case-control study in 414 postmenopausal women (mean age 60.4 +/- 5.5 years; BMI 25.