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METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL
Volume 64, Issue 10, Pages 1272-1278Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2015.06.011
Keywords
Polycystic ovary syndrome; Thrombin generation; Metformin; Oral contraceptives; Blood coagulation
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- Jacob Madsen's and Olga Madsen's Foundation
- Institute of Clinical Research
- Kolding Hospital
- AP Moller's Foundation
- Bernhard and Marie Kleins Foundation
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Danish Medical Association
- Odense University Hospital
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Objective. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) which may be modified by the use of metformin and oral contraceptives pg. Thrombin generation (TG) measures are risk markers of CVD and address the composite of multiple factors that influence blood coagulation. This prospective, randomized, intervention study evaluated the potential influence of PCOS on TG measures and the effect of OC and/or metformin on TG measures in women with PCOS. Material and methods. Ninety patients with PCOS and 35 controls were included. Patients were randomized to 12 months of treatment with metformin, metformin + OC or OC alone. C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, total cholesterol, trunk fat mass, body mass index, estradiol, testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) as well as TG measures, i.e. the lag time for formation of thrombin, the endogenous thrombin potential (ETP), peak thrombin concentration (peak) and time to peak were determined at baseline and after 12 months of treatment. Results. CRP and total testosterone were significantly higher and SHBG significantly lower in PCOS women than in controls (P = 0.012, P < 0.001 and P = 0.008, respectively). The TG measures ETP, peak and lag time were increased in women with PCOS compared to controls (P <0.01). Significant correlations were observed between TG measures and fibrinogen, CRP, SHBG and fat trunk mass (P>0.01). ETP (P = 0.006), peak (P = 0.003) and lag time (P = 0.023) remained increased after adjustment for these potential confounders. Treatment with OC and metformin + OC further increased ETP (P < 0.001) and peak (P < 0.005) and reduced time to peak (P < 0.04). The increase in ETP was significantly lower in the metformin + OC group than in the OC group (P < 0.05). Metformin alone did not affect TG significantly. Conclusions. PCOS is associated with increase in TG measures independent of other risk factors of CVD. DC increase TG measures further and may thus add to the increased risk of CVD already present in women with PCOS. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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