Infertility and the Presence of Insulin Resistance Are Associated With Increased Oxidative Stress in Young, Non-obese Turkish Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - 05/04/15
, Ebru Demirel Sezer, MD 2, Burak Zeybek, MD 3, Fatih Sendag, MD 3Abstract |
Study Objective |
To investigate the relationship between both insulin resistance and fertility and the oxidant/antioxidant system in young, non-obese patients diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
Design |
Case-control study.
Setting |
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
Participants |
PCOS patients without insulin resistance (IR-) (n = 33), PCOS patients with insulin resistance (IR+) (n = 27), and healthy controls (n = 30). Patients with PCOS and regular sexual intercourse were further divided into infertile (n = 14) and fertile (n = 15) groups.
Main Outcome Measures |
The malondialdehyde (MDA) and thiol levels as well as the catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzyme activities.
Results |
Both IR+ and IR- PCOS patients had higher MDA levels and lower thiol levels when compared to the controls (each P < .001). However, only IR- patients had significantly higher SOD (3700.81 ± 410.13 vs 2614.19 ± 611.80 U/g Hb; P < .001) and CAT (7565.06 ± 628.27 vs 6819.61 ± 539.2 U/g Hb; P < .001) activities when compared to the controls. Infertile PCOS patients had significantly higher MDA levels (347.5 ± 22.8 vs 278.6 ± 42.6 nmol/g Hb, P < .001) and lower thiol levels (498.5 ± 56.2 vs 568.5 ± 38.6 μmol/l, P = .001) when compared to fertile patients.
Conclusions |
The results of this study demonstrated an imbalance in the oxidative-antioxidative system of PCOS patients. This imbalance was worse in IR+ and infertile PCOS patients.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : Polycystic ovary syndrome, Fertility, Insulin resistance, Oxidant-antioxidant status
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| The authors indicate no conflicts of interest. |
Vol 28 - N° 2
P. 119-123 - avril 2015 Retour au numéro
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