No difference in morbidity between perimenopausal women with PCOS with and without previous wedge resection.

Objective: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), affecting more than every 10th woman of reproductive age, is associated with increased risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Most knowledge regarding longtime consequences concerning morbidity is based on women where ovarian wedge resection (WR) was used as a surgical treatment, a method not used today. The aim of this study was to compare women with PCOS who had and had not undergone WR, regarding risk factors for CVD.

Morbidity and mortality in PCOS: A prospective follow-up up to a mean age above 80 years.

Objective: Despite the clear evidence of increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, the long-term effect on CVD and mortality is still uncertain in women with PCOS, especially in the elderly. Studies in elderly women with PCOS are lacking. The objective was to study morbidity/mortality in PCOS women compared with a reference group up to a mean age above 80 years.

Reproductive Hormones and Anthropometry: A Follow-Up of PCOS and Controls From Perimenopause to Older Than 80 Years.

Context: There is a lack of knowledge about hormonal and anthropometric changes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) after the menopause.

Objective: This work aimed to study reproductive hormones and anthropometry in women with PCOS older than 80 years.

Design And Setting: This prospective cohort study was conducted at a university hospital.

Higher menopausal age but no differences in parity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome compared with controls.

Introduction: To address the question of whether women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) reach menopause later than age-matched controls, we conducted a follow-up cohort study of women with well-characterized PCOS that was diagnosed 24 years ago. The hypothesis was that women with PCOS would reach menopause later than non-PCOS women. Parity during these 24 years was also studied.

High androgen levels protect against hypothyroidism.

Introduction: Hypothyroidism is a common disorder, appearing mainly in women although less frequently found in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The objective was to test the hypothesis that hyperandrogenism might protect against hypothyroidism.

Material And Methods: The data from three prospective follow-up studies (up to 21 years) and one register study were compared: women with PCOS (Rotterdam criteria), n = 25, women with Turner syndrome, n = 217, a random population sample of women, n = 315, and men, n = 95 (the WHO MONICA study).

Body composition, bone mineral density and fractures in late postmenopausal women with polycystic ovary syndrome - a long-term follow-up study.

Objective: Hyperandrogenism is one of the characteristic features of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Androgens are important for bone mass. Studies on bone mineral density (BMD) and fractures in postmenopausal women with PCOS are lacking.

Cardiovascular disease and risk factors in PCOS women of postmenopausal age: a 21-year controlled follow-up study.

Context: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with the metabolic syndrome and, consequently, with a potentially increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related mortality later in life. Studies regarding CVD and mortality in PCOS women well into the postmenopausal age are lacking.

Objective: Our objective was to examine whether postmenopausal PCOS women differ from controls regarding cardiovascular risk factors, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and mortality.

Long-term outcome of porcine skin graft in surgical treatment of recurrent pelvic organ prolapse. An open randomized controlled multicenter study.

Objective: To determine the long-term objective and subjective outcomes of use of a porcine skin graft (Pelvicol) compared with conventional colporrhaphy in recurrent pelvic organ prolapse surgery and to analyze risk factors and safety.

Design: Open randomized controlled multicenter study.

Setting: Eight Swedish hospitals.

Reproductive hormone levels and anthropometry in postmenopausal women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): a 21-year follow-up study of women diagnosed with PCOS around 50 years ago and their age-matched controls.

Context: The hormonal and anthropometric profile of premenopausal women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is well described, but there is a lack of data concerning changes in these variables into the postmenopausal period.

Objective: Our objective was to examine whether PCOS women differ from normal women regarding levels of reproductive hormones, anthropometry, and presence of hirsutism/climacteric symptoms also after menopause.

Design And Setting: In this prospective study, women with PCOS (61-79 yr) and age-matched controls, examined in 1987, were reinvestigated at a university hospital.

Sexuality and psychological wellbeing in women with polycystic ovary syndrome compared with healthy controls.

Objectives: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders affecting women of fertile age. The aim was to study whether PCOS has an effect on sexual functioning.

Study Design: Women meeting the Rotterdam criteria for PCOS (n=49), and 49 age-matched controls identified from the population registry, were recruited.

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are often depressed or anxious--a case control study.

Objective: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hyperandrogenic endocrine disorder affecting women of fertile age. The aim of this study was to survey whether the rate of clinical psychiatric disorders in PCOS differs from the normal population.

Method: Women with PCOS (n=49) meeting the Rotterdam criteria for PCOS, and 49 age-matched controls identified from the population registry, were recruited.

Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour in a postmenopausal woman showing all facets of the insulin resistance syndrome (IRS).

Sertoli-Leydig cell tumours are rare sex stromal tumours with an incidence of < 0.5% of all ovarian tumours. Most frequently this tumour occurs in young women with a history of amenorrhoea, hirsutism and lowered pitch.

Effect of two modes of antiandrogen treatment on insulin sensitivity and serum leptin in women with PCOS.

Androgens are suggested to interact with leptin production and with insulin sensitivity in both polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and obesity. The aim of the study was to follow these interactions along with two forms of antiandrogen treatment. Twenty women with PCOS were treated with ethinylestradiol and high dose of cyproteroneacetate (EE-CA) and 8 with the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue goserelin for 6 months.